Women, Have you ever thought of being an egg donor?
@just2crazygirlz (2479)
United States
January 5, 2008 8:44pm CST
I have been reading up on this. You can donate up to 6 times. It does include injecting yourself with hormones and such, but you would be helping a family have a baby. Is it worth it? You get paid, but you may have to travel to have it all done. I think the nearest one to me is in Chicago, IL. That is 6 hours away, I think. I am still considering this though. I would love to be able to help people who really want a baby.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
7 Jan 08
I definately would donate my eggs so someone could experience parenthood. I think it is a blessing to have children and for those who want them desperately but can't have them I think it is sad.
I have even offered to carry a child for my aunt because I know she really wants one but she hasn't come to be about it since.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
8 Jan 08
LOL yea I see a lot of people don't agree with you wow. They are just eggs people LOL
I know I could deal with the pain of it all. Both my kids were painful to have LOL but I never got to the point that I wanted to die or anything. I have a high pain tolerance when it's big pain but god forbid I stub my toe LOL now that hurts like a son of a cow LOL I'm weird I know but yea I think If I could even help one family I would be doing something great for the world.
@annkenline (337)
• United States
6 Jan 08
Well, personally I am too old to do this, but if you feel like you genuinely want to help someone have a child - it is truly a noble thing to do. Can you do that with no attachment...think of all that. Do you have children yourself? I have 2 boys aged 20 and about to be 14. I had a miscarriage between the 2. After being a mother for this long - I could not do this. There is such an emotional attachment to the future of someone...I would have such a hard time. But, if you have no children - it may be a good choice for you!
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@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
6 Jan 08
I have one daughter who is 4. I don't think I am that attached to my eggs. I wouldn't actually be carrying the baby. That would be a different story. I am not sure I can do that. Not after feeling the baby for so long. But if I could help a family in need just by handing over some of the eggs that I am not using.....Sounds like a good idea to me.
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
6 Jan 08
I think it's an interesting concept and the women that do it are really great people for giving up all of their time to raise a healthy baby for a couple that otherwise cannot but I'm not quite sure I could do it. I mean, you have to do the hormone injections all the time, you have to do a lot of traveling and what not, and really I'd have a difficult time with carrying a child and then handing it over to someone else. I think I'd grow attached. It's nice, but at this point I don't think it's something for me.
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@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
6 Jan 08
I am not talking about being a surrogate. Just donating your eggs. Yes, you do the injections, but it isn't the whole time. That's just to make sure you produce as many eggs as possible. I could not be a surrogate. I can hand over the eggs that my body produces and I am not using though. The eggs don't get fertilized until after they leave your body so you are not really carrying a baby. It isn't really any different than having your monthly period. That's when you release eggs and you don't use them. I am scared of the pain though. I don't know how much it hurts, but I don't do well with a lot of pain.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
13 Jan 08
They say it's not without health risks and concerns so I'd really think hard about it before doing such a thing. Injecting yourself with hormones is risky business I think. Even the hormone replacement therapy some women take during menopause has been shown to have a link to cancer, heart attacks and strokes so I'm not sure if this would carry the same sort of risks. Good luck with whatever you decide but don't do it lightly.
Annie
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
6 Jan 08
I don't think I could ever do that. It would be very difficult for me to know that I have biological children somewhere out there that I don't know. I would always wonder where they were, if they were being taken care of, etc.
@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
6 Jan 08
I guess I just think of it differently than others. I don't see it as being a baby since the egg isn't fertilized when it leaves my body. It would be the father's sperm and the egg would be implanted into that mother. I am sure they seal the records and not just everyone can go looking.
