Firstly WOW and how wonderful you feel that way. I wanted to let you know that there is another Aussie private forum designed purely for egg donors and recipients (and potential donors/recipients) if you ever wanted to talk to women there about their experiences etc. too. I can PM you the details if you are interested.

Egg donation is a wonderful gift. There is a dearth of donors in Australia and recipients can be waiting for years before their number comes up if ever.

Eggs collected through a normal IVF cycle are normally fertilised straight away with a recipient's partner's sperm (or sometimes donor sperm) and resulting embryos transferred and/or frozen depending on how many and whether you are donating to more than one woman.

You can do known or anonymous egg donation in Australia.

Egg freezing technology is still being developed although I think it is becoming available overseas, but they are much harder to freeze successfully.

My sister is about to go through this process for me (she is wonderful too) so I know how amazing it is to offer such a gift. She has 3 children, doesn't plan to have any more and is younger than me (with obviously proven fertility).

xx