Making the decision to look for/use an egg donor

[dusty]

Thanks PZ

Sarah, Mel that is fantastic to hear. My sister reckons if you've had kids & given birth IVF is easy peasy physically in comparison . There is plenty of support & advice on AED if you ever & whenever you need it.

Aww Elocin that's beautiful of you to say. I've been following you too & wish you all the strength, perserverence & luck I can muster. It's really all worth it in the end
Xx

[KimB]

Dusty I have been on the other end and have been an egg donor. I found my recipients through the web site you stated and we are still friends now. I produced 4 eggs (but they didn't have me on much meds) and 1 made it through the fertilisation process and was implanted. Unfortunately the pregnancy didn't take. I would love to do it again but I'm now classed as to old to donate (not to be pg on my own though lol). I would encourage all who have thought about it to actually do it. It wasn't hard and can be so rewarding to know that you have helped someone have the possibility of having their own family.

[Sally2]

Oh my goodness, i am so excited! I have wanted to donate my eggs for years, as I don't need to use them to make my own babies, i have always felt strongly that I should give them to a family so that they 'dont go to waste' so to speak.
My kids aren't biologically mine but i could not be more connected to them or have them feel more 'mine' if i had given birth to them. Biology is only a tiny fraction of what makes a family & my DS1 seems to have inherited an awful lot of my personality anyway . . .
My boys were born through IVF & donor sperm with my partner carrying both babies. My belief is that life is a circle, to get, you must give.... and someone gave me my boys through donation.....so now i can ( hopefully ) give someone their kids.
So, Dusty, i am so excited because I read this thread & then applied to aussie donors to join their forum! YAY!!

[LionsandBears]

Thanks for posting this Dusty. It's given me alot to think about. It's early days for us atm, but this may end up being something we need to look into depending on genetic results.

Just curiously, would you have been as open to embyro adoption? I understand that's even rarer than egg donation but it's something I'm thinking about. It sounds as though it could be easier in many ways too.