• Becoming an egg donor is a significant life choice that deserves some deep thought and consideration before deciding to move forward.

• Once you’ve consulted with trusted advisors, loved ones, and friends, and made your choice, you embark on an exciting journey that can change someone else’s life forever, as well as your own.

• Your benefits include significant financial compensation, together with caring counseling by professionals who will ensure a safe procedure.

• If travel is required to the recipient doctor’s location, all expenses are paid, which some donors appreciate as a mini-vacation.

• Apply online through a reputable, caring agency like Family Creations that will help you through all medical and legal aspects of this complex process.

• Your profile can then be viewed (while your identity remains protected) by prospective parents. They’ll be getting to know your personality and health background, along with physical aspects of who you are.

• When a family selects you as a donor, you begin the next phase of egg donation, the medical process.

• You will undergo a series of screening interviews with different kinds of experts, the first few done by phone.

• A family counselor will talk with you about your lifestyle, friends, and family relationships.

• Next, a geneticist will discuss your family ethnic and medical background with you in detail.

• You’ve reached the exciting step of meeting with the recipient family’s doctor, which sometimes calls for a short trip out of state—with all expenses paid, of course.

• After a full physical, with hormone testing and screening for drugs and infectious disease, you should be cleared to begin egg donation prep.

• Your clinic will coach you through each step, as you self-administer a series of medications over a two- to four-week period. You’ll have regular doctor visits during this stage to make sure you’re doing well.

• Finally, you’ll be ready for egg retrieval, which requires several days of doctor appointments. You are placed under a mild sedative for the procedure, and most people travel home the next day and return to work or school right way.

• With Family Creations, each egg donor has been thoroughly screened, interviewed, and tested by our specialists.

• We obtain a complete family and medical history on each donor.

• After you complete our simple registration, you can review profiles and photos of our valued egg donor participants.

• Once you make a selection, it’s time to move forward with building the family you’ve always dreamed of.

• Surrogacy is one option in the amazing spectrum of choices now available thanks to IVF.

• Today, many surrogacies use the intended parents’ ovum and sperm cell implanted in the surrogate mother (also known as the gestational method).1, 2

• The traditional approach involves the surrogate mother donating her own ovum or egg.1

• Surrogacy laws are different in each state, and some states still ban the practice. In states that permit it, hopeful parents may travel from other states or countries to take advantage of professional groups, like one of the Austin, Texas surrogate agencies.

• An estimated 50,000 babies are conceived each year with the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART). The number of births using gestational surrogacy is reported to have grown 89% between 2004 to 2008.

• Up to 11.8% of women ages 15-44 are partially fertility impaired.

• An estimated 7.3 million women ages 15-44 have used fertility services.

• The exact number of fertility clinics is uncertain, but estimates are around 480 U.S. clinics.3

• An agency like Family Creations will refer you to an attorney with expertise in third party reproduction.

• You will have a legal contract that outlines your agreement to participate as an egg donor.

• The contract will outline what is—and is not—expected of you, and it will explain the intended recipient family’s role.

• The agreement should clearly define your rights as well as those of the other parties.

Family Creations, LLC® is an Egg Donor and Surrogate program that has achieved international recognition by making dreams come true for families facing fertility challenges of all kinds.

We apply the most rigorous attention to matching appropriate surrogates and agencies with the most suitable intended parents. Contact us for assistance in finding your surrogate or becoming an egg donor or surrogate, at familycreations.net.

1. http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/surrogate-mother-pros-cons-9368.html

2. http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/pageDocuments/KAEVEJ0A1M.pdf

3. http://www.surrogacy-surrogate-mother.com/surrogacy-statistics.html

Summary

Becoming an egg donor means choosing to change lives—yours and others. Learn the basics of egg donation and surrogacy programs with an experienced, reputable agency, and see why this miraculous procedure might be right for you.