When you are in the thick of it, it often seems that nothing is simple when it comes to a donor cycle. Most intended parents arrive at the door to egg donation after a grueling IVF cycle, or two, or three or…more. Somehow after all of this, the strength, courage and money is found to…
Q: I am considering two great egg donors and one is a repeat egg donor with a great track record but costs a couple of thousand more, and one is a first-time egg donor but has everything I am looking for genetics’ wise. How do I choose?
Q : My clinic offers egg donors for a nominal fee. Why should I work with an egg donation agency and pay more when I can use an egg donor that my fertility doctor or IVF center recommends?
It’s the beginning of the new year! That means typically new starts and fresh starts! Unless you are suffering from infertility, and that means we’ve been there–done that more times than we care to remember. We’ve all read the blogs around the internet – “The holiday season can be exceptionally stressful” – You think? Well…
If you have a lot of time and are very self motivated you could go the independent, classified ad route. You could read hundreds of ads looking for that special someone and chose 10 or so to answer. You could meet in person or chat on the phone with a few recipient couples who will tell you their story and…
With egg donation and sperm donation, parents have the extra concern of what to tell their child regarding where they came from. This is not a simple “birds and bees” conversation yet it can be as simple as that. Parents often have unfounded fears that their child will reject them if they know the truth.
