I am a mother of a 12 year old son and he is my reason for being. I do not plan on having anymore and I have decided to help other people in need. I am a college student and have big dreams for my family. Please let me help you with your dreams as you help mine.
How to donate my eggs
How I did it: I'd been considering egg donation for four years when I finally decided, this is it. I am doing this. I needed the money, but i also really wanted to do something altruistic, and this seemed like the most generous gift I could give someone, so egg donation it was.
Lessons & tips: 1, FIND A WELL-RESPECTED CLINIC. I cannot emphasize this enough. Hospitals often conduct these procedures, but I felt more comfortable going with a clinic that did donations and INV exclusively. Ask how many porcedures they do every year, and make sure you do your homework online to find out how well-respected that particular clinic is.
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I have kids already and would love to give someone else the gift of life I just dont know where to get started.
I HAVE 4 KIDS ON MY OWN SO I WOULD LOVE TO HELP ANOTHER WOMAN TO 4FILL HER DREAM ON BECAMEING A MOTHER OF HER ON
I’m currently working on this. I recently received the packet and I’m trying to get it all filled out. It’s a huge packet..like 18 pages! I need to try and contact my dad to get our family’s medical history, though.
I really want to do this.
I would love to donate my eggs to help other women out their. I can feel good about myself knowing I helped them bring such a joy into the world. And I get some money to help further my education. I have big dreams and if I can help someone else make their dreams come true then that is the best feeling ever.
philosophe is a "healthy, extroverted builder" today. and again, 0% are like me.
so. good news and bad news. which first? good news? okay.
i had my appointment today and everything was good on the genetic tests they ran (may i remind everyone that this was EIGHT vials worth of blood. EIGHT. EIGHT?! eight) and apparently i am healthy, healthy, healthy. yay.
bad news: my IP couple backed out at the last minute. apparently they want to wait for a few months. so i’m still in a holding pattern. sigh. the clinic has reactivated my status as an available donor though, and i’m totally ready to go (no more tests or anything left to do here—makes me a much more attractive choice to potential couples). they say they expect me to be a very popular donor, so hopefully i’ll be chosen in the next week or two.
so yeah. yay for having no diseases, boo for couple backing out for now. and i have no more tests to do, since today they did my final fertility test (it was a blood draw). not worried about the results of that one at all, so now it’s just a waiting game again.
philosophe is a "healthy, extroverted builder" today. and again, 0% are like me.
my period has arrived! so thrilled. i was seriously worried there. there was a bit of a mishap with the whole part about how i started it in the car on the way somewhere and i had blood on my skirt when i arrived and then i had to quickly run to the bathroom and wash it out as soon as i could and hold my breath and wait until it finally complied with my harried demand of “out, damn spot.” but that would be overshare, so we won’t get into that.
suffice it to say, it is here; i am glad; i will call the clinic and find out what the next step is in a few hours.
EDIT: called the clinic. have 8 am appointment tomorrow. update later.
EDIT NO. 2: tomorrow morning i get the results of my blood tests and get my final fertility test.
i don’t know of any genetic illnesses, so i’m not particularly concerned about the blood tests, i just want confirmation on that. and i KNOW i’m absurdly fertile, so i have no worries about the final fertility test. all i want to hear is that my blood tests came back perfectly clear and the IP couple is still on board.
crossing my fingers til tomorrow
philosophe is a "healthy, extroverted builder" today. and again, 0% are like me.
stupid eggos.
my period STILL hasn’t come. i know i’m not pregnant. i’ve taken two tests and had a vaginal ultrasound. it’s just taking forEVER for my period to come. and i can’t do anything more until it comes. sigh. i’m piissssseeeddd.
thinking i’ll try the vitamin c route today and then go to town with the Waterproof Bunny of Happiness tomorrow….
philosophe is a "healthy, extroverted builder" today. and again, 0% are like me.
(still).
I called the clinic yesterday to ask about my blood rests, but the woman I needed to speak to was on vacation. Meaning that until January 5, I cannot find out about blood tests I had done on December 12. Annoying. The one up side is that my ob/gyn’s office will take until then to get the medical records transferred.
Still just waiting for my period. I took a pregnancy test just to reassure myself, but i think i’m going to do it one more time to double check. i know, i know. paranoia strikes again.
philosophe is a "healthy, extroverted builder" today. and again, 0% are like me.
what if i’m pregnant and don’t know it and therefore can’t donate?
what if the recipient couple backs out?
what if i can’t do the self-injections?
strictly speaking, they aren’t baseless worries. i mean, i have had sex recently enough that i could be pregnant without knowing it. i think i’m gonna get a pregnancy test just to make myself stop worrying.
the self-injection thing could be a trouble though. gotta get over my fear of needles. maybe i could even get into heroin after this. who knows. the possibilities are endless…
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