Females selling their eggs? good or bad idea?

UKDaisy · #1 03-01-2005, 02:49 AM

I'm quite sure there is a thread on this somewhere, but evertime I tried to search it locked up my computer.

So, about a month I was reading ads in the school's newspaper and immediately directed my attention to something that said "$2,0000-3,000"! Then I looked and it was an ad for young women to come donate their eggs.

Now, maybe it was my desireable need for cash. But last time I saw that I thought, "heck no". But this time I thought, "good for those willing to support couples who can't have a baby on their on".

Maybe its b/c I recently became more aware of the past trouble one of my coisins and his wife had been in. They tried for years, and finally adopted a beautiful little girl! But I know my cousin's wife would have liked to have more.

So, just in general..... would you (females) sell your eggs like that? And I guess, men would you like to sell your sperm like that?

I havent' really made up my mind as to whether or not I would actually go through with it. But I'll post my thoughts when they come.

#2 03-01-2005, 03:00 AM

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.

IowaStatePhiPsi · #3 03-01-2005, 03:09 AM

If there was a market for it, sure- but ya know- getting paid for what the vast majority of college guys do- that market is so flooded.

chideltjen · #4 03-01-2005, 03:25 AM

You know... part of me would do it because I could really use the cash. But another part of me thinks I wouldn't qualify because I have a disease that can be passed down to my children/eggs. Since I don't really want my kids (or someone else's) to have a 50% more chance to have to go through what I did as a diabetic child, I probably wouldn't be able to do it.

KSigkid · #5 03-01-2005, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
If there was a market for it, sure- but ya know- getting paid for what the vast majority of college guys do- that market is so flooded.

No pun intended?

Lady Pi Phi · #6 03-01-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by chideltjen
You know... part of me would do it because I could really use the cash. But another part of me thinks I wouldn't qualify because I have a disease that can be passed down to my children/eggs. Since I don't really want my kids (or someone else's) to have a 50% more chance to have to go through what I did as a diabetic child, I probably wouldn't be able to do it.

I'm the same way. Part of me would thinks I would do it if I was desperate for money but then again they probably wouldn't take them because I too am a diabetic. The other part of me hates to think that if I did it, there would be a little part of me around somewhere and that's a little too much for me to handle.

cash78mere · #7 03-01-2005, 11:34 AM

I don't think i could ever do it for reasons already stated. there would be the possibility of several children out there who are biologically mine, and i wouldn't be able to handle that. and then i would wonder what would happen when i go to have kids. what if i couldn't? i couldn't live with the fact that i gave up healthy eggs and there are kids of mine out there when i might not have any of my own.

_Lisa_ · #8 03-01-2005, 11:40 AM

I've actually requested & received the paper work from the closest clinic to me that would "buy" my eggs (somewhere in Indiana.) There is so much more to just "selling your eggs" than walking into the clinic, having the procedure done, and walking out with cash (as in, that won't happen.) I've been considering doing this for a few reasons, and unlike most people would think, its not for the money. Personally, I don't want children, but am fully able to have children if necessary. And there are people in this world, like my own sister, that couldn't have children of their own. I've told my sister that I would have a baby for her if she would ever wanted me to, because it would be keeping it in the family & it would make her very happy. But there are many women that can't have children, and don't have sisters/friends/etc. to make a similar offer. I'm willing to donate my eggs to these women so that they can bear the gift of life to a healthy baby.

valkyrie · #9 03-01-2005, 12:44 PM

I'd never do it in a million years. Hormones really mess with your body and it seems incredibly unpleasant. Also, and I'm sure this is not a popular opinion, but I personally can't support any type of fertility treatment and would not want to be a part of it.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #10 03-01-2005, 01:19 PM

To me, parenting is about what happens AFTER the kid is born. Not genetics. It wouldn't bother me at all to have a kid who was genetically mine that was being raised by another set of (capable) parents. I'm certainly not capable at this point in my life.

That said, I'm bitchy enough without hormone therapy.

Rudey · #11 03-01-2005, 01:35 PM

You guys should look in campus newspapers because it seems that there is definitely a price range and I've seen them offer 10 times that if you got to certain schools...

-Rudey

GeekyPenguin · #12 03-01-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
You guys should look in campus newspapers because it seems that there is definitely a price range and I've seen them offer 10 times that if you got to certain schools...

-Rudey

Yes...my eggs are apparently worth much more than Kentucky eggs. Must be all the milk we drink.

I wouldn't do it - I'm kind of like valkryie with the fertility treatment issue.

honeychile · #13 03-01-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
You guys should look in campus newspapers because it seems that there is definitely a price range and I've seen them offer 10 times that if you got to certain schools...

-Rudey

But the completion of the transaction is MUCH more intense for a woman than that of a man.

I'm like crzychx - I would have to know and really care for the person I'd donate eggs to (so much for grammar!

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HBADPi · #14 03-01-2005, 02:25 PM

Just curious valkyrie and GeekyPenguin what are your objections to fertility treatments?

GeekyPenguin · #15 03-01-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by HBADPi
Just curious valkyrie and GeekyPenguin what are your objections to fertility treatments?

I think that if you can't conceive naturally due to medical problems, it's not necessarily the most healthy idea to be shooting your body up with chemicals. I also don't feel like it's the best source of expenditures - women spend tens of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments when they could adopt a child for that much.