I've been thinking about this for the last year. I want to donate eggs so that other people can have children. I don't want children of my own, but by God, my genes should be running around this Earth somewhere. Kidding. But I really do want to donate eggs. My boyfriend at the time, Kyle, thought this was wholly unethical and a bad thing to do. That, what if in 18 years I had little Andreas coming to my door wanting to know why I did this. Well, first of all, I have no rights towards these children. The couple who is conceiving them is 100% responsible for them. I am not liable towards anything they do, and I cannot be asked to help support the children. They are in NO way my children, even though they are my 23 chromosomes.
Here is a link about the process. I guess you have to inject yourself with hormones, or have a good friend/boyfriend do it for you. I'm a prime candidate for the process; I fall within the right age group, medical history is good, and I'm not at risk for STDs. I'm really interested in doing this, and I have been for over a year now. Also, the recipient family of the eggs pays for everything. All your doctor visits, all the hormones, all the blood tests, the surgical procedure. Everything. Plus, you get a couple thousand dollars or more for the donation of your time, effort, and eggs. Can't beat that with a stick.
The more I read about it, the more I get to thinking about when they say that this is also an emotional procedure. But I really don't know why it would be emotional. I honestly don't want children of my own, but I'd like to help other people out who need the help. I don't think it would feel like giving up a baby for adoption or abortion, even though I don't know what either of those feelings ARE, as I've never even been pregnant. I do know I could do this. I could give myself injections for a few weeks, and I could undergo surgery. (Neither of which I have done, actually, but it doesn't frighten me to think about it. Granted I'm not about to go do this tomorrow...)
I think when I go back to Spearfish at the end of this month to get my shot again, I will ask the lady there about information and whatnot. She will surely be a good source to start with. I can also ask the school nurse when school starts, and my doctor here at home. In fact, next week when I have a day off, I should go see my doctor and ask her about all of this stuff. Yeah.
2 comments:
certainly i think this is a serious thing to think about. but also, it's not an easy procedure and i hear, quite painful to extract the eggs. so, you should really consider it carefully :)
when i first started my blog, i also had a lot of problems with the template. don't worry, in a year, you'll be happy with it :P
:) Thanks for the info. I've been doing a lot of research, but it's all been online stuff. I need to go talk to a doctor or something next week to really check it out. It does seem like it would be a little painful, and it'd be like having PMS multiplied by 20, but I think if it were to help someone else out, and the fact that I could make quite a bit of money from it, that I could do it. (Granted, it's not all about the money, obviously.)
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