Glad to hear they are having greater success with frozen eggs. Many infertile couples and women may benefit from this technology. One thing the article does not mention is donating eggs for yourself or someone else is a very involved and uncomfortable process.
I did an IVF procedure, it was over 100 shots of medicines of various kinds, swollen sore ovaries that were "kissing" they called it. So large they were almost touching each other in the abdomen. It is not a process to go into lightly. After doing it for myself, I would not consider, or recommend doing it simply for donation, without a lot of thought. It certainly is not as easy as sperm donation and is not without risks. (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) But if this is for you it is a beautiful gift to give.
(yes, I did get pregnant and have 2 beautiful kids from the procedure. All worth it, but not easy.)
The question that remains is how adult children of these donated eggs will know when they may be too closely related to an individual they ultimately meet, marry and/or create children of their own with. Whether or not parents of children from donated eggs tell them of their origin, it is still an issue that needs addressing with such increasingly widespread use of donated frozen eggs. If a son I have from a donated egg grows up to meet and marry a woman who is the daughter of my locally found egg donor - how will they know they are half-siblings?
Personally, I prefer fresh eggs thank you, and with crispy bacon.
Glad to hear they are having greater success with frozen eggs. Many infertile couples and women may benefit from this technology. One thing the article does not mention is donating eggs for yourself or someone else is a very involved and uncomfortable process.
I did an IVF procedure, it was over 100 shots of medicines of various kinds, swollen sore ovaries that were "kissing" they called it. So large they were almost touching each other in the abdomen. It is not a process to go into lightly. After doing it for myself, I would not consider, or recommend doing it simply for donation, without a lot of thought. It certainly is not as easy as sperm donation and is not without risks. (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) But if this is for you it is a beautiful gift to give.
(yes, I did get pregnant and have 2 beautiful kids from the procedure. All worth it, but not easy.)
The question that remains is how adult children of these donated eggs will know when they may be too closely related to an individual they ultimately meet, marry and/or create children of their own with. Whether or not parents of children from donated eggs tell them of their origin, it is still an issue that needs addressing with such increasingly widespread use of donated frozen eggs. If a son I have from a donated egg grows up to meet and marry a woman who is the daughter of my locally found egg donor - how will they know they are half-siblings?