Considering to Donate

[myboys2]

Hi there all,
I don't really know what to write, except that I was looking for information about donating eggs and someone gave me this website and boy has it helped. I have read alot of information and different threads on here and want to thank you all for posting info for people like me, wanting to help but don't know how or where to start.


Cheers to all


Naomi

[Roxy]

Hi Naomi...

I am sure that admin will move this thread down into the other section, but, there is also another forum called Aussie Egg Donors that is full of support and information.

You will find them at www.aussieeggdonors.com

You are certainly a very special person to be thinking about donating!

[leisurly]

Hi Naomi

Thank you so much for considering becoming a donor, I hope you find all the information you need to help you make such huge decision. I also found it very difficult to find information about finding a donor and was fortunate that Kim gave me some links.

The link below will give you info about the egg donor programme at monash but as you've noticed from the site there are many of us trying to find a donor ourselves.

http://www.monashivf.edu.au/library/factsheets/donor_egg.html


wishing you the best

L

[sarahstarfish]

Hey Naomi

Wow precious heart, what a wonderful gift you are thinking of investigating. I spent an awfully long time finding info, just like you, and trying it all on for size and I think it helped to make sure I found the right clinic and recipients and situation for me and led to my donations being great experiences. My first donation led to twins and another baby due in November and I was just so fortunate to find recipients who really had their heads around donor conception and what it mean for them as parents, for me as a donor and my own children, but most importantly, for the lives they were seeking to create.

Am so glad you have found the info here useful - there is lots more (we don't shut up once we start do we Roxy!) so ask away..there are never any silly questions and a great discussion now and then helps to get to the nitty gritty of how we really feel about issues - so it's ALL GOOD!!

Thankyou for sharing your journey with us Naomi...look forward to hearing more as you go along.

(Note for Leisurly - Admin moved your post because it looked and read like an ad - they were just trying to do the right thing for YOU!

Love

Cindy

[xkwzit]

Hi Myboys2
Just wanted to say that I'm glad you've been able to find some good info here. I've popped your thread back into the general egg donation issues section. We like to keep the "seeking egg donor" section for ppl actively looking for a donor. Any questions, fire away - I'm sure that you'll get lots of replies.

Cheers

[mauve]

Hi Naomi, I'm glad you found this site.
What you're considering doing is such a generous and kind thing. For someone like me - a potential recipient - it is a gift that's priceless.
Good luck on your journey, I look forward to following it.
Te He, hi Roxy... :wave:
Cheers

[myboys2]

Hi there,
I just wanted to thank you all for the information. There are just a few questions that I need answered, I have 2 children (3 & 5 ) and I live a fair distance from any clinics, I just wanted to know how long it takes to get the eggs and do you have to stay in hospital or afterwards as I would not be able to be away for very long at all. Also I will be 35 in Nov is that too old to donate? Also how many times in about a 6 month time frame can you donate, whether it is for the same recipient or a different one. Is it hard to donate to a recipient in another state? Do I go to them or do them come to them??
Gosh so many questions when you get started.

Hope someone can answer these questions as they are my main concerns?
Thank you for all your help

Naomi

[Roxy]

:wave: :wave: will start by waving at Mauve...

Naomi - great questions!

The actual procedure for egg collection takes only around half an hour in theatre, but it really is a half-day process, by the time you fill out your prelim paperwork, get through the recovery ward and get discharged.

At 35, you aren't too old to donate yet, but you are certainly on the upper range of the age group that recipients and clinics tend to look for. But dont panic and dont put yourself back on the shelf just yet...

A first donation can take up to 6 months, depending on which state you live in, how quickly (or not!) that you can arrange Dr's appts, counselling, etc. It also depends on whether you are searching for a known donation or to do an anon one. An anon cycle is certainly over a lot faster than a known one, as you dont have all the getting to know you stuff that a known cycle has.

That said, I guess that depending on circumstances, you could probably manage 2 donations in 6 months, but TBH I dont think that it would be recommended pratice.

Its not hard to donate to a recipient in another state - I did. My recipient couple live in Victoria, and I am from Canberra. It just meant some juggling of travel for egg pickup, but all my scans and monitoring were done through a clinic here in Canberra, and my results just faxed to my recipients clinic. I chose to go to their clinic, as it meant that my recipient could be treated by her Dr, who knew her history. Whether you use a clinic close to you, or you use your recipients clinic is something that you would work out with them (assuming you do a known donation, otherwise you just cycle with the clinic closest to you in an anon cycle).

HTH Naomi, and good for you for asking!

[sarahstarfish]

Hey Naomi

Nah, there are no silly questions, you just keep asking girl!

Ditto all Roxy said. I would be very careful about considering any more than your first donation, and then worry about what happens after that. There are so many things that can happen, and you just don't know how you will feel physically and emotionally after your first donation, so don't count your chickens as it were.

I think you are a great donor at almost 35 and most clinics and recipients would welcome you with open arms. I did my first donation two months short of turning 35 and my recipients have one year old twins and are due again in November from that one cycle...so don't let anyone go putting you in Windy Peaks Retirement Home just yet girlie!

To be honest, the biggest part of actually doing the cycle that I found a hassle was just what you are concerned about...what to do with two small children when you are away from them. Is definitely some juggling you will need to think about and you will definitely need someone to look after them on the day of EPU and the day after until you are well and truly back on your feet. But you know, where there's a will there's a way....or a friend, or a Grandma or if you do a known cycle, often a willing recipient to help out.

Let us know how you go.

Love

Cindy