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What Can Disqualify You From Becoming An Egg Donor - 4 min read

Helping someone start their family by donating your eggs is a beautiful thing and a very rewarding experience. But, not everyone can become an egg donor, because to give intended parents the best chance of conceiving the donor needs to be healthy and available, and the eggs need to be fertile.  Here are 4 reasons that egg donor applicants get disqualified.  1. Health issues Egg…

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Egg Donation: 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Deciding - 5 min read

Egg donation is a powerful way to help others start a family, but it's not a decision to be made lightly. Before deciding if egg donation is right for you, it's important to consider the following questions: 1. Am I emotionally ready for the process?  Egg donation can be emotionally and physically taxing, so it's important to make sure you're in the right headspace before…

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How to Become an Egg Donor? The Complete Breakdown - 5 min read

Choosing your agency or clinic There are two types of providers you should consider for your egg donation. The first is fertility clinics that offer egg donor programs to their IVF patients. The second is egg donor agencies that may work with intended parents from various locations, which means travel could be part of the process.  Generally speaking, there is no right or wrong agency…

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How Many Times Can You Donate Your Eggs? - 2 min read

How many times can a woman donate her eggs? This question is answered here. How many eggs can you donate? It’s important to understand that through each cycle, the ovary matures 10 to 20 eggs. However, only one of these eggs makes their way to ovulation. The rest of them are absorbed back into the body.Taking medication helps your body mature most of all of…

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Egg Donation Process: Is It Painful to Be an Egg Donor? - 2 min read

The honest answer to this question is that “it depends”. Every woman is different, and multiple steps are involved in the egg donation process, which is likely to affect each donor in a different way. To understand that, let’s break down the egg donation procedure and see how it can affect the donor: Shots and Medication The egg donation process starts with medical testing and…

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Health Risks of Being an Egg Donor - 2 min read

The egg donation process requires the egg donor to take hormone injections for stimulating the release of multiple eggs. The egg retrieval requires anesthesia as well. Therefore, the process includes some health risks which may appear later on in life. Let’s start from the top… Physical Risks of Donation Egg donors might want to bear complication and some unwanted side effects. The process starts with…

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How Much Do Egg Donors Make - 2 min read

The compensation for donation is a tricky subject. Like any decision, this is a big one as well. So here is everything you must know about egg donor cost. How Much Are You Paid? The money you can make through donation varies depending on where you donate the egg. Usually, by donating your eggs, you can make between $5,000 and $10,000 per cycle. The compensation…

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