Egg Donation

Sake_Toast · 06-08-2008, 10:33 AM

Alright, so I was thinking about donating my eggs. First off, it would be helping a couple who can't have children, second I would get $5,000+ for it.
My only problem is...will I regret it? There is a possibility that there would be a tiny half me running around. I know it wouldn't be my kid, but genetically it would. I'm not sure if that bothers me or not. The only reason I even question it is because my family thinks I should be bothered by it.
There is no chance that I will ever see the kid or ever be responsible for it as the donation process if completely anonymous. The parents will never know who I am and the kid will have no way of finding me even if they knew they were donated.
So then...what do you guys think of egg donation?

**sidespin** · 06-08-2008, 10:35 AM

Interesting topic, I'm not sure exactly what I think about it. I think that it's great in one aspect because you'd be helping someone who wants kids have them. But also as you said, the kid would be technically parly yours and you would never meet them. I think it's really a decision only you can make based on your own values.

**Wilfuk** · 06-08-2008, 10:54 AM

I dont know.
Would you like a kid that is 50% of yours and never beable to meet them?
I dont think i would donate my sperm, because i would care to much about y kids, donated or not.

I also look at is as your not donating. Your selling. Basically your selling 50% of a human, which is fucked up. Donations are meant to be free, if they are paying you $5k for a donation, then its not a donation at all. Its a buy. Just a way to get around the technicality od "selling humans"

Sake_Toast · 06-08-2008, 11:03 AM

The process is very lengthy and can be somewhat painful which is why they pay you for it. I think seeing it a selling a human is pretty messed up, but I suppose that is because I don't think of it like that. There are people out there who can't have children of their own and they need others help if they want to have one. How is it "fucked up" to want to help someone else? Everyone has their own opinion though.

**Wilfuk** · 06-08-2008, 11:16 AM

Nonetheless i still see it as selling. They pay you for the pain they put you through? Yet, hospitals charge you for putting you through pain? It just all depends how on you see it, and as you see it i would say go for it, but in my eyes, it would be a no.

Sake_Toast · 06-08-2008, 11:28 AM

Well, I respect your opinion. I know it isn't for everyone. I just know that if I was trying to become a mother I would be very happy if someone would do something like that for me. I saw a news story on it and it seemed like a good thing to do for a person. I actually didn't know about the money until I started doing more research on it. I've also thought about donating bone marrow, but I heard that involves surgery which scares me a bit.

puppy · 06-08-2008, 11:41 AM

my opinion...very distubing yet very generous too...its your choice...maybe instead of giving them all...just give a certain amount. you've got millions of em..you don't have to give them all...

Sake_Toast · 06-08-2008, 12:09 PM

Well of course I wouldn't give all of them away. We create hundreds each month that are just flushed down the toilet later so it's not like I would be giving away my chance to have children.

seshio · 06-08-2008, 10:38 PM

I think it shouldn't be a problem because you are helping to make a couple happy and you are making a fair amount of money at the same time.
If it wasn't anonymous I would say no because it would be akward when the child comes and visits you when they are older. But since it is all anonymous I really don't see how it is bad.

**oneone** · 06-10-2008, 07:53 AM

At first I thought you meant egg donation as in donating an ovary. =S Well, it's up to you, I don't think it's disturbing. If you truly want to help a couple who is incapable of producing a baby, then you should donate your eggs. I don't understand how you might regret it if you just want to help out. Rather, I think it would be a special feeling knowing that there's a child who is partially made up of your genetics somewhere in the world running, screaming, playing, and breathing the same air as you.

I've watched many shows on TV that made me want to donate my bone marrow too. They take it directly from the back of your pelvic bones with a needle. Even though anesthesia is used, it's still going to be painful.