Change Your Life By Becoming An Egg Donor

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• Becoming an egg donor is a significant life
  choice that deserves some deep thought and
  consideration before deciding to move forward.
• Once youve consulted with trusted advisors,
  loved ones, and friends, and made your choice,
  you embark on an exciting journey that can change
  someone elses life forever, as well as your own.
• Your benefits include significant financial
  compensation, together with caring counseling by
  professionals who will ensure a safe procedure.
• If travel is required to the recipient doctors
  location, all expenses are paid, which some
  donors appreciate as a mini-vacation.

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• Apply online through a reputable, caring agency
  like Family Creations that will help you through
  all medical and legal aspects of this complex
  process.
• Your profile can then be viewed (while your
  identity remains protected) by prospective
  parents. Theyll be getting to know your
  personality and health background, along with
  physical aspects of who you are.
• When a family selects you as a donor, you begin
  the next phase of egg donation, the medical
  process.

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• You will undergo a series of screening interviews
  with different kinds of experts, the first few
  done by phone.
• A family counselor will talk with you about your
  lifestyle, friends, and family relationships.
• Next, a geneticist will discuss your family
  ethnic and medical background with you in detail.

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• Youve reached the exciting step of meeting with
  the recipient familys doctor, which sometimes
  calls for a short trip out of statewith all
  expenses paid, of course.
• After a full physical, with hormone testing and
  screening for drugs and infectious disease, you
  should be cleared to begin egg donation prep.
• Your clinic will coach you through each step, as
  you self-administer a series of medications over
  a two- to four-week period. Youll have regular
  doctor visits during this stage to make sure
  youre doing well.
• Finally, youll be ready for egg retrieval, which
  requires several days of doctor appointments. You
  are placed under a mild sedative for the
  procedure, and most people travel home the next
  day and return to work or school right way.

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• With Family Creations, each egg donor has been
  thoroughly screened, interviewed, and tested by
  our specialists.
• We obtain a complete family and medical history
  on each donor.
• After you complete our simple registration, you
  can review profiles and photos of our valued egg
  donor participants.
• Once you make a selection, its time to move
  forward with building the family youve always
  dreamed of.

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• Surrogacy is one option in the amazing spectrum
  of choices now available thanks to IVF.
• Today, many surrogacies use the intended parents
  ovum and sperm cell implanted in the surrogate
  mother (also known as the gestational method).1,
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• The traditional approach involves the surrogate
  mother donating her own ovum or egg.1
• Surrogacy laws are different in each state, and
  some states still ban the practice. In states
  that permit it, hopeful parents may travel from
  other states or countries to take advantage of
  professional groups, like one of the Austin,
  Texas surrogate agencies.

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• An estimated 50,000 babies are conceived each
  year with the use of assisted reproductive
  technology (ART). The number of births using
  gestational surrogacy is reported to have grown
  89 between 2004 to 2008.
• Up to 11.8 of women ages 15-44 are partially
  fertility impaired.
• An estimated 7.3 million women ages 15-44 have
  used fertility services.
• The exact number of fertility clinics is
  uncertain, but estimates are around 480 U.S.
  clinics.3

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• An agency like Family Creations will refer you to
  an attorney with expertise in third party
  reproduction.
• You will have a legal contract that outlines your
  agreement to participate as an egg donor.
• The contract will outline what isand is
  notexpected of you, and it will explain the
  intended recipient familys role.
• The agreement should clearly define your rights
  as well as those of the other parties.

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• Family Creations, LLC is an Egg Donor and
  Surrogate program that has achieved international
  recognition by making dreams come true for
  families facing fertility challenges of all
  kinds.
• We apply the most rigorous attention to matching
  appropriate surrogates and agencies with the most
  suitable intended parents. Contact us for
  assistance in finding your surrogate or becoming
  an egg donor or surrogate, at familycreations.net.

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• 1. http//everydaylife.globalpost.com/surrogate-mo
  ther-pros-cons-9368.html
• 2. http//www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/pa
  geDocuments/KAEVEJ0A1M.pdf
• 3. http//www.surrogacy-surrogate-mother.com/surro
  gacy-statistics.html

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Summary

• Becoming an egg donor means choosing to change
  livesyours and others. Learn the basics of egg
  donation and surrogacy programs with an
  experienced, reputable agency, and see why this
  miraculous procedure might be right for you.