There is a very interesting blog post over at AskAnEggDonor.com.
It’s mainly interesting because it talks about stuff that usually is not talked about. All the financial stuff that is attached with becoming an egg donor. Basically, a woman says that the only reason she wants to become an egg donors is to get paid.
I think that is totally fine, nothing wrong with it. If I was in an accident and need medical treatment, I do not mind if the only reason why the doctor treats me is because he’s getting paid to do so – as long as he does a good job.
One thing is that as an egg donor, you basically do not need to pay for any expenses, are almost no expenses. So you do not need money to become an egg donor.
An important thing is to notice that when you become an egg donor with an agency, it is the agency that will pay you the money, not the recipient. The way it works is basically that the intended parents pay money to the agency, the agency puts part of that money (your part) into a trust and you get paid from the trust.
"I was devastated and so was my husband after being told by my fertility specialist at age 38 that I had no option but to consider adoption or donor eggs (according to my doctor I was out of eggs and gave me 4% chance of getting pregnant and a 2% chance of carrying a baby to full term). After much research and dozens of hours reading infertility related articles and posts online, I have found your book! [...] After one month of trying I became pregnant and had a beautiful healthy boy. Nine months after that I did everything in your book again and after 2 months of trying I got pregnant again and gave birth to another perfect little boy."
