Donate Eggs For Money
The eggs of healthy, well-educated young women are in such high demand that one top New York clinic has taken to advertising for them at the movies. The ads make egg donation look gentle and simple — and never fail to point out that donors will be paid $8,000, the going rate.But some wonder if cash-strapped young women, who may be facing high college and other bills, realize that it’s far harder than it looks.“When I was first considering being a donor, I was really misinformed about the process,” said seven-time donor E.D., 30, who asked that only her initials be used, due to her confidentiality agreement with the Washington Fertility Center in Washington, D.C. E.D., now a scientist, was a 25-year-old graduate student the first time she donated her eggs.She underwent extensive testing, was checked for communicable diseases and abnormalities, and met with a genetic counselor. During a psychological screening, she was asked what connection she would feel to any offspring, since she had to sign away her legal rights as a parent.Once chosen — only a small percentage of applicants are — she was put on birth control to synchronize her menstrual cycle with the recipient’s. For about two weeks, she injected herself twice daily with the hormone stimulant Lupron, which shuts down the normal ovarian process.
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