How To Become an Egg Donor

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Becoming an egg donor is a serious decision. Be informed before you start the process.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Youth
A clean bill of health
Time for doctor's visits
Willingness to undergo a surgical procedure

Warning: Before becoming an egg donor, talk to your doctor about any health risks.

Step 1: Check your credentials

See if you meet the criteria. You must be under 35 (for some clinics, under 32); an acceptable weight for your height; in perfect health; and have no history of drug use, alcohol abuse, sexually-transmitted diseases, or genetically-transmitted diseases.

Tip: Not surprisingly, if you are tall, attractive, and smart, you have a much better shot at being selected.

Step 2: Find a clinic

Find a fertility clinic through an internet search or by asking your gynecologist.

Step 3: Request a questionnaire

Request the clinic's questionnaire, which will ask questions about everything from your medical history and ethnicity to your SAT scores and hobbies.

Tip: The American Society of Reproductive Medicine recommends a payment cap of $5,000. But many would-be parents are willing to pay more for a Rhodes Scholar who's a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie.

Step 4: Take a medical examination

If your completed questionnaire passes muster, you'll be asked to come in for a medical examination. Some clinics require you to undergo a psychological examination as well.

Step 5: Sign an agreement

Assuming you pass the medical tests, you'll be given a Donor Agreement to sign. This document spells out the egg buyers' right to children born from your eggs, and your immunity from child support.

Tip: Have a lawyer review the Donor Agreement before you sign it.

Step 6: Prep your body

If a couple selects you, the clinic will begin prepping your body for egg retrieval. This process takes three to four weeks. Expect to inject yourself with hormones that will stimulate your egg production; you'll also have vaginal ultrasounds and frequent blood tests.

Step 7: Have eggs removed

When your eggs are ready, they will be removed vaginally, under light anesthesia, via an in-patient procedure that takes about 30 minutes.

Tip: Expect some light bleeding and/or mild lower abdominal pain for a few days after the procedure.

Step 8: Get paid

Collect a check in the neighborhood of $2,500 and $5,000. The national average is $4,217.

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[blondiexx611]

when a woman masturbates, no eggs come out.

duh.

[nomorefunds]

@deoghee This is not about "custom babies". This is something very difficult to do. Its nothing like buying a car or shopping at the store. These people have no other way of having a baby. If you are morally opposed to it, then don't do it. But I honestly hope someone like you does not, and never does, have a child. You are full of hate and anger.

[shegirlperfection]

LOOL guys get like $35 and we get between $2,000-4,000 :P

[Rubyrdot]

the doctor looks like the guy from NCIS

[MyLyricsVideosRock]

This video is most popular with:

Female 13-17

Male 45-54

Male 35-44

-_-

[Shady2viewer]

nah this is just wrong, its just genetically not going to be your baby, its someone elses. the whole point of having a baby is that its YOURS and yours alone, your blood genes and appearance. Doing this procedure takes that away and like 1lifetoliveeuropean said, if you want a child so much just adopt, i read 5000 people did this and gave. Thats about 2000 children who couldve been adopted and had a new life, but now it looks like theyre gonna be in an orphanage a long time...

[1913Highbury]

@lilinov i totally agree with u

[FunkMasterWilson]

@ryder4782 maybe so but we get fuckin' BANK for our eggs.

[lilinov]

Egg/sperm donation is like prostitution to me. The woman screws her body with the hormonal treatment for money. Nobody deserves the gift of live than one's own partner.That makes a relationship so beuatiful. The majority of people will never become egg/sperm donor. They just would not admit because they are afraid to be labeled as selfish. But that is not selfish, that is called self preservation.

[ryder4782]

@kaybrin1 That was the point of what i said.

[balletslippers91]

@luyt59 Actually, it's 4k for a few eggs, and unlike you guys, who can have children well past the age of 60, women have a limited amount of time and eggs.