Would you ever donate you eggs????

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My sister knows someone who has done this, and she says she plans on doing it again soon! i really couldnt do it myself!

was pondering this for a family member but never said anything in the end. probably too old anyway (36) to be ideal for this. In theory wd do though if i thought it had a good chance of success and for the right person (someone i cared about)

No.

For one, I HATE needles.

I'm also concerned about potential long-term health risks involved w/putting all those high levels of hormone in my body.

Secondly, after having kids myself, I simply wouldn't be able to do it.

Also, I'm now considered too old.

am doing it for my sister next year.

I offered to donate to my cousin (she's had 2 failed rounds of IVF) but she didn't want a donor over 30, she's been strongly advised the donor should be under 20.

seriously, donor under 20?! Wow, feel my offer wd have been useless then!

yes i thought about it but am too old now.

That's interesting, flack, I'm in my mid - late 30's and the consultant saw no problem at all as I'm obviously v fertile.

During my last IVF treatment I produced 8 eggs, I decided to keep 4 for my own treatment & I donated the remaining 4 eggs anonomously (is that spelt right?!!) to a couple also undergoing IVF that couldn't produce their own eggs. My treatment was successful & I have a miracle DS (3rd attempt). I hope & pray the other couple were as lucky as I was. I was 33 years old.

babyjojo, that's brilliant, and how lovely of you to donate your eggs to another couple in your position

I couldn't bear to think I had a child out there I could never meet and had no say over. Unless it was for close family.

I think I would as feel sorry for all those people who cant produce their own but desperatly want children. Only thing is I wouldnt be accepted due to being very overweight..although am evidently very fertile too!

Same as you sorrell - plus wouldn't want research on them.

My cousin lives in the US where they pay donors, I think it leads to a completely different attitude by the consultants. The clinics there say they expect an average donor to yield 12 eggs, and they won't even consider donors over 25 or 30 (I think they want their money's worth!!). The UK clinics say that if you yield more than 8 eggs you're at high risk of OHSS. I think maybe the US exploits their donors? I def. would have used a UK clinic for the donation part.

My cousin was told that her embryos probably didn't implant due to poor egg quality due to her age (she was 38-39), so I can understand her wanting a young donor (since she was told that age was the problem).

I would donate now but am considered too old by UK standards too,now, alas.

You may be interested in this old thread

Sorry - I think this one was the one I was trying to get to - though the other is also interesting!

I also wouldn't want any child created from my donation to come looking for me AND to create a child w/some stranger I didn't even know.

ikwym, but i'd do it for a family member - complicated but worth it then.

no, although before I had children I always thought I would.

my sister did it. I don't think I could unless I got to know the poeple I was giving them to.

I think I would feel that I had given a child away.

fairyjay...that exactly why i couldn't do it.

Same here, LTH and fairyjay.

Well my sister did it as she didn't want to have anymore kids, but she adores kids so much that she wanted a couple who couldn't have kids to have them. I think thats really sweet and very generous, but not sure I could it.