I'm talking about egg donation here ladies and gentleman. Sperm donors only get a couple hundred bucks (still good by me) but egg donors make BANK. Here is why:
Egg donors are women. Women have a limited number of eggs (several hundred) and to get the eggs, the woman must undergo surgery. That's why women can make several thousand dollars for donating some eggs
I'm sorry, did you just say SEVERAL THOUSAND? Sign me up!
Back up...what are the donor requirements:
- You must be a woman in your peak reproductive years, generally considered in the fertility profession to be between 21- 35 years of age (depending on the clinic).
- You must be healthy, including the appropriate weight for your height. Your family history must be clear of hereditary diseases (such as cystic fibrosis or heart disease), and birth defects.
- Some infertility clinics prefer that you have already conceived once but this is not an absolute rule.
- You should be a paragon of low-risk behaviors...not at risk for STDs, not an addict and not an alcoholic.
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I can tell you that being an egg donor is a tough job. It's not just a walk in the park. The reason that the requirements are so tough and anal retentive is because a couple trying to have a child through egg donation pays anywhere from 25-45k for one egg donation cycle. That includes the procedures for both the egg donor, and the recipient mom, medications for both parties, egg donor compensation that begins at 5k and tops out at 10k. Travel expenses if there are any -- attorney fee's, anethesia for the egg donor when she has her retrieval, etc...
And the medication protocol is tough. Daily injections at specific times of the day. Many doctor appointments to examine your ovaries, and lots of blood work. Egg donors have to give up alcohol, abstain from sex, coffee, and change their lifestyle. If you are a runner or work out a lot you can't for 10 weeks. If you like your daily glass of wine -- forget it for ten weeks. Same with coffee.
And then there's retrieval. It's surgery, regardless of how you slice it -- they insert a needle through the back part of your vagina and enter your ovaries over and over and suck out the follices (eggs). And with any surgery there are risks you have to be educated about. The risk is minimal but it's still there.
And gosh to even become an egg donor, it's blood work, a psych eval, a physical, a pelvic, and an interview with either an egg donation agency or the physician.
So that 5-10k that you earn for your time and trouble -- you really do have to work for.
The upside of course is that you are helping another couple who without your help couldn't have a family -- and knowing you are helping another couple become parents is the best.
And of course the cash is nice too :)
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