I had a very good friend do this while in college. She, too, answered an ad in the campus paper.

She got paid $3500 for EACH HARVEST. She went through the hormone injections, counseling, whatever whatever once. ...but the fertilization didn't work, so she had to do it all over again. We even through a "HAPPY HARVEST" party for her the day before they took the eggs out.

There are so many things to consider -- am I able to live with the knowledge that somewhere out there there's a child who's half mine? Am I able physically endure the hormone injections, the mood swings, the never-ending PAIN?

That being said, I probably wouldn't unless I was really strapped for cash.