(i searched and nothing came up)

Has anyone ever done this before? Known someone who has? I'm seriously considering it and want to know how it really is, not just the stuff you get from the website FAQs. I'm aware it won't be all fun (hence the $$), but I want to know how bad, and if there are good centers in the Triangle to go to.

PM if you don't want to post it here.

Thanks.

6/19/2006 11:45:57 PM

I too have been seriously considering this. I know you can get thousands for your eggs, but I would be worried that I couldn't have kids as easily in the future. Recently I saw this thing on the news about these 6-7 kids who all have the same dad as their sperm donor and look a like, and they're spread out over a few states.

6/19/2006 11:51:18 PM

I would like to give mine all away. All of them.

[Edited on June 20, 2006 at 12:07 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2006 12:07:06 AM

ive heard of folks that would rather cut their finger off than donate eggs again

6/20/2006 2:16:17 AM

i made the selling sperm for money thread like 1.5 years ago

6/20/2006 2:17:35 AM

no one's done this??

^^elaborate?

6/20/2006 8:37:56 AM

i hear it's pretty painful...and at the time i was researching it (about 3-4 years ago) there wasn't a place in the triangle that did it, you had to go to virginia.

6/20/2006 8:43:28 AM

^there's a place in Cary http://www.nccrm.com/, and Duke/UNC have it too

6/20/2006 8:55:43 AM

that's good news for you then

6/20/2006 9:07:14 AM

Its painful, dangerous, and really screws with you. The hormones make you gain weight, you get depressed, its a horrible process, I watched my friend go through it, I wouldn't suggest it. They take your blood a lot, and you have to monitor EVERYTHING that happens to your body.

6/20/2006 9:13:19 AM

First off, it's not as if they take anyones eggs.

You must fufill very strict requirements, including being exactly your ideal body weight, never having been seen by a psychiatrist for any emotion disorder, don't have asthma or any other lifelong illness, have superb health in your surrounding family, and being exceptionally smart (VERY high IQ or college degree).

Even if you meet all those requirements, you just get put on a list until a couple cruising pictures of possible donors in a book pics you. THEN you get paid to go through the horomone treatment and such. But apparently some donors can wait for years without ever being picked.

6/20/2006 9:53:56 AM

I searched that website for donors. The Cary Office must not be picky.

6/20/2006 4:05:59 PM

Sounds like too much trouble.

Keep your eggs, chartreuse.

6/20/2006 4:18:06 PM

Well you likely want to avoid having sex while doing the treatments for egg donation. I looked into it a couple years ago but decided I didn't want to deal with any potential issues that could result from extra hormones.

Might be better after school if you get a job that won't mess with your emotions.

6/20/2006 4:50:30 PM

can't you just wait for one to pop out every month and collect it somehow

6/20/2006 4:54:32 PM

^if i could self-collect and sell, i would

damn...i had asthma as a kid

but i don't NEED my eggs!!

6/20/2006 8:20:06 PM

you know we're only born with X numbers of eggs, not all of them are good for fertilization, so when you've gone through all the hormone shit, they will literally take every last egg that you've released, hence the trouble later in getting pregnant. Just go have a kid and THEN SELL THE BABY! Quick (9 mos) and you get to pick the parents, not vice versa.

6/20/2006 9:13:25 PM

i'm not exactly dying to be a mother someday so lack of eggs isn't a huge issue

^and that's ethical as if there aren't enough kids in the world who NEED to be adopted

6/20/2006 9:16:00 PM

so you're gonna give eggs to a couple who can't have kids and could easily adopt instead?

6/20/2006 9:20:46 PM

^^^You are born with a set number of eggs, but the rest of that is BS. Multiple egg follicles start to ripen and then conk out upon ovulation EVERY month whether the eggs are used or not.

^Adoption is not that "easy."

I think chartreuse is considering doing something wonderful.

[Edited on June 20, 2006 at 9:23 PM. Reason : .]

6/20/2006 9:22:12 PM

didn't mean to say easy, just trying to counter the argument, and I'm not saying she's doing something bad OR good. Jeez

[Edited on June 20, 2006 at 9:28 PM. Reason : b]

6/20/2006 9:26:50 PM

^^not the same at all, but yeah, i'm going to leave that argument alone

anyone else had experience with this?? apparently it can go either way...really bad or not too bad at all - i'd like to hear more personal accounts

6/21/2006 5:27:28 PM

I've already had my kids, so I'd gladly do it. I'd rather donate for research than for couples though.

6/21/2006 5:56:52 PM

I didnt do it, but I helped a friend while she did it.

1. You have to go through a prescreening to ensure that yes they will want/use any eggs they can obtain. Some depend on the program as to what they will and will not allow.

2. If you pass you must stop all hormonal birth control. First they will inject you with Lupron or another drug which will remove any corpra luteum so that you can begin a new follicular wave. You then inject yourself with FSH - follicle stimulating hormone, to increase the number of viable follicles (eggs). These injections go over a 2 week period. Typical side effects are burning/soreness at injection site, fatigue and also hot flashes for the drugs.

3. Retrieval - First you have an ultrasound (up to one a day for 3 days) to determine the optimal time for retrieval. You are then given a light anesthesia, so you are aware of what is going on, but not in alot of pain. Your cervix is numbed and a long needle is inserted through the vagina and then through the vaginal wall to reach the ovaries. Using the ultrasound the doctor or technician will aspirate each follicle, hoping to grab an egg (not every follicle will have an egg). A 'typical' collection yields 5-10 eggs, a good collection is 10-15, and wonderful but abnormal is >15. That said my friend had 30 they collected.

4. You go home and recover. You are still at a high risk for pregnancy for the next few days in particular as they may not retrieve all of the eggs. You will ovulate whatever remains and should have a period about 14 days later. During this time you may spot or actually bleed from the procedure and still experience fatigue and other issues from the drugs. After that you are fine and allowed to go back on hormonal birth control.

Some people find they have no major issues with donation, others do not care for the side effects of the treatment. To date there are no known long term side effects from donation. In the long run the eggs collected would have normally died in a typical follicular wave. The FSH is 'rescuing' eggs from atresia, because each wave you actually 'use' 10-20 eggs just to get one to ovulate.

Lastly though you have to consider that you may end up with a biological child in the world, though ideally if a couple is going this route they have the money to raise a kid.

Quote :

"I've already had my kids, so I'd gladly do it. I'd rather donate for research than for couples though."

At this time due to the current laws enacted by President Bush, you are not allowed to do this. The only tissue allowed to be used is the tissue not directly needed for the egg/embryo development (such as follicular fluid that is left over from collections). All nonused eggs/embryos are currently required to be destroyed.

[Edited on June 21, 2006 at 5:59 PM. Reason : ..]

6/21/2006 5:57:18 PM

^Awesome, thank you for the detailed response!!!

I wish I could sell eggs for research as well, but...giving a couple the opportunity to have kids is good, just a bit to get my mind around.

6/22/2006 10:03:39 PM

Actually, I think there's a "Have you ever used TWW?" box on the form you have to check...pretty much counts you out.

6/22/2006 10:28:25 PM

^ha

6/22/2006 11:32:51 PM

Anybody who donates/sells eggs/sperm to be fertilized by a stranger and then the baby be brought up as that other couple's baby has some serious morality issues.

6/23/2006 12:46:07 PM

^based on what?

6/23/2006 12:49:25 PM

^^glad you dont work in healthcare

6/23/2006 1:43:52 PM