Tuesday, December 23, 2008

On the CNN story “Egg Donors on the Rise”:

I am a donor with BHED and anytime I catch the words ‘egg donor’ between diaper changes and operating my business on the TV I turn to look.

Women are flocking to agencies (per CNN HLN) because of the economic crisis for the need of money and the high level earnings made from cycles.

So I called in and got to speak for about a minute!

I advised that prospective donors should not just get involved with the egg donation process because of desperation in a failing economy but because they truly would like to help out the families that are in need healthy eggs. Infertility is a disease! I worry that a woman in a desperate circumstance may not be able to handle the commitment it takes to be a donor. I added that money is disposable where as helping to create life is not.

I am so happy to be a donor - the families I have helped are able to have what they wanted so dearly, a family of their own. This Christmas I know there is a couple I helped that will be sitting around the tree with their little one (as I will be) and that is something more rewarding than any dollar amount.


-Suzi, donor

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