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| What Potential Egg Donor Should Consider | There are not so many things, which may be compared with the gift of an egg donation that helps people, who can not have children of their own make their unrealizable dream come true. A person, who wished to become an egg donor, is to be healthy, drug – free woman, between the ages of 20 and 31. You should also be aware of a necessity to undergo some medical and psychological testing and take fertility drugs, according with the instruction in order to let the egg donation process, if you have been selected as a donor.
If you are thinking about becoming an anonymous egg donor, you may apply to any surrogacy agency, and read their program carefully. But we can provide you with the most usual steps of the donor becoming process. So, there are the following steps explaining how to join most of surrogacy agencies, and in case if you are selected as an egg donor – how to prepare for and become an egg donor for the intended parents, who choose you.
Qualifications Self – Review The first thing you are to do, even before applying for any surrogacy agency is to confirm with yourself that you do meet the agency’s qualification criteria for egg donors. And these criteria are usually the following: • Be between the ages of 20 and 31; • Have your weight appropriate with your height; • Be a non – smoker and not a drug – addicted, and maintain healthy lifestyle. It would also be extremely desirable if you had college degree or if you were pursuing a degree. You should also know that if you have your tubes tied, it does not keep you from becoming an egg donor at all.
Application and Personal Photographs You are to complete a special comprehensive online in order to join any egg donor program, if you wish to help infertile people have children with your help. This application form consists of detailed questions about you, your family, your background, your health, etc. It might take you about an hour to answer all the questions, provided in the application, but may be possible to make a pause, if you need to look for some kind information, you are not quite sure about: like your cousins natural hair color, etc. It would also be a benefit to you, if you provide your application with several personal photos, which are to be in a digital format that will allow you to upload your photos to the agency’s website. You should better provide an agency with several photos of yours, which will include your face and shoulders, and your full – length photo as well. It would be extremely good and helpful for the perspective intended parents, and for you as well, if people, looking through an agency’s website were able to see some pictures of yours as being a baby, a child, a teenager, etc. You may also give your children’s photos, if you have any kids.
Consent Documents If you want to join any surrogacy agency, it is necessary to print out, sign and mail some consent documents of yours, which would indicate your wish of becoming an egg donor, acceptance of the compensation, which is offered to you, if you are ever chosen to have the opportunity to make a donation, and your personal agreement to allow the intended parents to look through your photographs and your application online.
Pre – Qualification as Perspective Egg – Donor The surrogacy agency you have applied to will look through your application in order to conduct the pre – qualification of you as of an egg – donor. It is also possible that you may be asked several questions. It is necessary that the agency workers received your Consent Documents. In case if you get pre – qualified, you will be notified through the e – mail about your being accepted into the agency as a potential egg donor. After this procedure your application and photos become widely available on the agency’s website. So, all intended parents will have a possibility to look through your characteristics as an egg donor, and you will have a chance to become chosen as one.
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