Many couples are not fortunate enough to have children for different reasons such as infertility, other health problems and genetic reasons. The good thing is, procedures for donating eggs for money has been developed. The first egg donation that resulted to a woman’s pregnancy was in July 1983. The procedure in donating eggs for money includes screening process, interview, check up, hormone treatment and egg harvesting. Egg donation is a procedure where a woman donor provides 10 to 15 eggs cells. The obtained egg cells are fertilized in a laboratory. Now there are women donating eggs for money and in some cases, women donate them to friends or family members without expecting to receive any payment. Donating eggs for money requires an egg donor to undergo tests such as ultrasound to check her pelvic organs and ovaries. Medical and Psychological tests are also done to make sure that the egg donor is mentally and physically fit.
An interested Egg donor must find an egg donation agency that is legitimate, reliable and respectable. Donating eggs for money may be more complicated than it sounds and having a reliable agency will make things easier and less complicated. A truthful and reliable agency for donating eggs for money protects both the couples seeking for an egg donor and the woman donating eggs for money. The egg donation agency will do the detailed contract and psychological evaluation and donor screening and counseling. The egg donation agency will protect the egg donor by having a legal contract that confirms the legal rights of the egg donor donating eggs for money and shows a list of all the expenses that the prospective parents will shoulder such as travel, hormone treatment and egg harvesting expenses.
The legal contract must also show the total amount and payment schedule. An egg donation agency will also prevent getting involved in scams for donating eggs for money. The decision of donating eggs for money may need to be discussed with family members or a councilor as it involves some personal issues. Donating egg cells to couples who cannot have their own child is a very kind act however, it may have a psychological effect to the egg donor because of the thought that a baby is genetically hers. Most women donating their eggs for money will not get parental rights. The egg donation procedure will also take a lot of an egg donor’s time, as she would have to go through hormone treatment.