I’ve actually been working on this since this past spring. There were often flyers for it available on my university campus, and I had been researching it for awhile. I finally got up the guts to call before the end of the school year and go in to speak with someone. The women’s health center is affiliated with my university, so I felt pretty safe going with them, and so far they’ve been really nice. It’s taken months of paperwork, blood tests, ultrasounds, and appointments, but I’m about to start this process. Part of the motivation comes from a desire to help infertile couples, especially since in New York, their problems usually happen because they put off having children (which, unfortunately, is one of those trade-offs for a labor market that accepts women but doesn’t accommodate their possible simultaneous desires to have families). I’m also not really planning on doing anything with them, so why not, right? The compensation, too, is nice for a starving college student in an expensive city.
I’m a bit anxious, though, so if anyone reading has experience with this and can offer tips for coping, I’d be appreciative. (:
