Egg Donors?

[polo_princess]

What are everyones thoughts on egg donors?

And would you do it?

i would hope that if i needed it, then it would be readily available and vice versa

Its something im looking into and just want to know what others think

 

[jacky24]

Well im not ovulating yet, but if i had a few spare eggs i will give you some.
After we lost our son, my sister said if anything ever had to have went wrong she would have been willing to carry a baby for me. Atleast me and DH are still trying in our own power to get our BFP.

We all deserve to be mommy's but i don't think you will have to go that far Polo, you will be fine

 

[polo_princess]

Im just thinking that however i get my BFP, it prob wont go as far as me needing some eggs

It would be nice to help others who needed eggs, we have millions and we only need one to make a baby so why not give a few to someone who really needs them,

You cant use them all can you lol

 

[anita665]

I think I would donate eggs when I'm done having kids. Seems like a good idea.

 

[jacky24]

Well some women are blessed with millions of eggs, and it's a 1 in 3 chance each month to conceive. Sad to think as kids how many eggs we lost back then, and now when we need them the most the buggers are playing hide and go seek

But as i said as soon as my eggies are ready and working, i will post you a few EGGIE DUST!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doctordeesmrs]

I would be willing to do it.

 

[niknaknat]

I would do it as well, I actually looked into doing it about 18 months ago but wasn't sure whether i was still in a position to at the time. My sister in law has been ttc for 9 years now, has a blocked right tube, polycycstic ovaries and her dh has low sperm count, she is waiting on more tests to see if she can carry at all( she has never been pregnant) but I have said that if the worst was confirmed that I would carry for her without thinking. Here's hoping that it's not as bad as that. The new law that came in allowing children born from egg donation to be legally allowed to trace their donor mother would probablly put some people off though.

 

[polo_princess]

Yeah i read about that Nat and i totally agree ...

I see it kinda like making a cake!!

Youd be giving someone the ingredients to help make the cake, you wouldnt be making the cake yourself, they would be, youd just be helping them. And once it was made it wouldnt be your cake it would be theirs

 

[niknaknat]

What a brilliant way of putting it LOL

 

[Arcanegirl]

I would definatley do it, not sure what OHs views are though.
As for recieving a donor egg, not sure if i could do that but its not something ive really thought about.

 

[fifi83]

Take my hats off to you girls, dont think i could donate my eggs soley because it would drive me nuts knowing I could have kids out there with my genes that i would never know.

 

[Deise]

I've donated eggs to a couple in 2001.. anonymously. The couple asked if I would be willing to donate again two years later and I happily agreed. I never felt "attached", never had any "guilt" and now that I'm pregnant, I appreciate what Ive done for these people and Im glad Ive done it..

Would I do it again? Probably not, only because of the physical toll that the IVF medicine had on me.. One of my ovaries got hyperstimulated and torqued around the fellopian tube, causing me to almost lose it...

 

[genkigemini]

I have no problem with the idea of it and I think it is great for people who want to go that route.

That being said, my DH is dead set against it and I tend to agree in our case. It is the same way with sperm donors. For us, we have been together so long and are best friends. We want a child that is a little of each of us but if it is not meant to be, I still have my best friend with me and, in the end, that is what is most important right now. Having had ovulation problems my entire life, I have slowly come to this conclusion with my husband, knowing I might have trouble getting pregnant so... you know...

 

[genkigemini]

I've donated eggs to a couple in 2001.. anonymously. The couple asked if I would be willing to donate again two years later and I happily agreed. I never felt "attached", never had any "guilt" and now that I'm pregnant, I appreciate what Ive done for these people and Im glad Ive done it..

Deise, you are awesome! How cool that you were able to help the same couple twice! I have never met anyone who donated eggs but it is awesome to hear about. Go you!

 

[_Alice_]

Once i'm finished having my own children, i would kindly offer as many eggs as i could to a childless couple. I understand the amount of frustration and disapointment couples face, and if i can help or reduce that in any way, i would do anything

 

[Deise]

Deise, you are awesome! How cool that you were able to help the same couple twice! I have never met anyone who donated eggs but it is awesome to hear about. Go you!

Thanks Genkigemini!!!

PS. I Alaska!!! Im totally addicted to Hunter Sticks from the Alaska Sausage & Seafood Company in Anchorage!!!

 

[genkigemini]

LOL... I live about 45 minutes to an hour north of Anchorage. I should just go buy you the real thing next time I am in town and send it to you. LOL I know right where they are located! LMAO heh heh PM me if ya want some. :thumpup:

They will even make sausage out of the wild game that the hunters bring in. (So macho! )

Back on topic... I have to agree with Fifi83... I think I would have trouble giving out eggs too unless it was to someone I knew personally. I would always wonder about the kid that had my genes. I mean the child would never need to know about me but I would just want to make sure that they had a good life, you know?

 

[yumumleelou]

i would do it for my mum and thats it! no one else gets my eggys x x x lol

 

[vickilouise]

tbh polo princess i had agreed to do it for my best friend who's been ttc for 2-3 years now, shes on clomid atm but we had a discussion (before i fell pregnant) about the possibility of me harvesting my eggs for her having them fertilized (in a laboratory) then implanted to her. i told her that ill do it after i have a baby of my own... we thought it would be years away haha funny how things turn out lol. only said i'd do it after a baby of my own as we read it can cause infertility sometimes donating eggs and she wouldnt want the guilt of me not being able to go on and have children of my own just so she could have one.
i personally dont see the problem i mean if i wasnt TTC when i have periods then the eggs would quite crudely end up on a pad anyway... no use to anyone. and it wouldnt actually be my baby in my eyes the way i see it if she was skint and needed to lend i tenner id lend her it and vice versa so i dont see a problem in lending her a few eggs that would prob go to waste anyway.
id have a problem if she asked me to be a surrogate as i couldnt do that.
she'd be the mum as she would of had it in her womb for 9months it doesnt faze me i just think id have a good bond with my best friend thats all.

we're gonna look into it a bit more once ive had my baby but i have absolutely no problems donating my eggs if i dont plan to use them.

 

[polo_princess]

I think im going to look into it a little more but 70% of me is going ... do it do it do it lol

Do you think you can get to know the people you donated too? If you wanted to of course, you know, like meet them before?