egg donation

cameragirl21 wrote: so i was offered a huge amount of money in college to be an egg donor and when i mentioned it to my mom, her response was, "what are you, a chicken?! why would you donate your eggs?"
so needless to say, i didn't do it and am now glad i didn't, i know i'd really regret it today if i had.
i read an article recently in a magazine though about women who have done it several times and plan to continue doing it, all for the money...they paid off debts, took dream vacations, etc. and they all felt they did something good for someone else so that's all that counts.
i know i could never do it...what about you?

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Sure, why not? it's not like i'm using them... i guess it's the equivalent of a man's "load"... it's more invasive for women I guess... but yes, I'd do it for the cash if I was offered...

cameragirl21 replied: true, but the way i see it i'd have a kid out there and i'd always wonder if the kid is happy and taken care of. also, i'd hate to be running around town and run into a kid who has my same face and always wonder.
btw, Rocky, if you want to do it you're at the right age, assuming your medical history is good, along with your family's psychological history.
the fact that you have kids makes you a better candidate IMO.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Yes, I agree with your thoughts about wondering... but I mean... chances are, that people who are willing to pay for 1) and egg 2) the invitro process etc etc... will most likely take good care of the child they seem to want so dearly

mummy2girls replied: im not sure... i know many people who cant have kids unless they have egg donation and it would make a couple very happy and such but i dont know if i could. Plus with my history of losing sons im nto sure if i would be approved to do so.

boyohboyohboy replied: I would donate my eggs, to me its no different then if I donated blood, or an organ. by itself it isnt much, and I agree that if someone is going to pay alot to get it, then most likely they are going to take care of the baby.

Bamamom replied: No way - that's my kid. It may never turn into a kid but I would never give even my potential kid away. And I certainly wouldn't sell it.

stella6979 replied: If I was done having children and knew of a friend or family member that needed help conceiving, I would definately consider it. I can't say yes or no, til I've been in that situation though.

HuskerMom replied:
I agree

CantWait replied: NEVER. As far as I'm concerned, that egg is a potential child of MINE. If anything I would consider being a surragate and having a couples embrio emplanted into me.

Calimama replied: I wouldn't.

redplaydoh replied: Having gone through IVF myself, and knowing what the heartache of infertility feels like... I would do it. I would've done it had I had to do a second IVF to conceive Bryan. On the first attempt we had them retrieve as many eggs as possible and fertilize as many as possible. I had 11 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized, two were transferred back and one became Lucas, the other 7 were left to grow into blastocysts in which only 1 made it to that stage which was frozen and became Bryan. Our clinic would not discard fertilized eggs (embryos) that were viable so we had the potential of having several frozen but only ended up with one.
If I would've had to repeat the IVF I would've let them DONATE (not for money) some unfertilized eggs to a woman that needed them and wouldn't have fertilized more than what I needed.
The process for egg donation isn't easy, it involves LOTS of shots and lots of messing around with your natural hormones and cycles.
I would love to be a surrogate mom and have a baby for someone... sadly I'm too old to do that.

msoulz replied: No, I want to mess up my own kids, not let someone else!!

A&A'smommy replied: no I couldn't do it.. no way or no how could i give someone else my child... I don't really see anything wrong with it I just can't imagine having my child running around somewhere with someone else.

I would love to be a surrogate for someone else though... although the thought of maybe getting too attatched would be a BIG problem for me.. not that I would try to keep someone elses baby but it would be really hard!!

Cece00 replied: I am not looking to do it, but I would consider it.

Boo&BugsMom replied: Nope I would not. I can't think of any ethical reason.

MotherForever2043 replied:
So Agree!

Nina J replied: I'd donate my eggs to anybody, whether I knew them or not. I wouldn't give them to a total psycho who wouldn't be a good parent. But if I can give somebody else the chance to become a mother, why wouldn't I? I wouldn't consider it my child. Yes, biologically it would be, but he/she wouldn't have grown in my womb, wouldn't have the same father as my children, and will most likely never know me. In that childs eyes, I wouldn't be his/her mother. And besides, if I donated eggs it wouldn't be a child, they would be the ones who would create the child with my egg. It wouldn't be fertilized when I gave them away.

BabyOwen427 replied: I could never donate to a 'bank' but I would defantly donate to a family or very close friend.
Egg donation is much different than donating things like sperm or blood. A woman is born with a certain number of eggs and there are never anymore made, but with sperm and blood the body is constantly reproducing them. That's my thought, what if the egg I gave to some stranger could have been my baby someday.

hawkshoe replied: I have very strong feelings about the whole invetro and other artificial means of conceiving (not going to get into that now as I don't want to start a heated debate). Suffice it to say that there is no way I would donate my eggs to anyone.