Egg Donation

Well I can assure all ladies if you go with our agency that you will be full informed and supported ALL the time. Our donors come first - I have been known to make 2am phone calls to make sure donors are ok!

Elansmom, its so sad that you were not under, we really dont allow donors to be awake, and will even drive you home after and take you out for lunch if needed. Most of our donors are 100% by the evening.

Each donation is very different only once have I been "sore" - and then I just slept it off

www.moomie.co.za/forum/13-ladies-corner/...tion-experiance.html

My donation experiance

@Blackie01: Yep, I got A LOT of SHOCK & HORROR about donating...even from the most enlightened, educated,cosmopolitan,liberal darkies Everyone was shocked! Saying it is "not done" in our culture. WTF? Who made that rule??? & saying things liike, it's the same as if I'd slept with the recipient father!!! I just ignored it all.

As I say, it wasn't at all a bad experience, but like anything else in life, if u go into it unprepared, you may feel overwhelmed like half ways through...& I went into it VERY unprepared.

DonorLife is here in SA, Gauteng in Sandton to be precise, not sure if they have other branches.

Wow, thank you so much for your stories and all the info ladies. I've registered with an agency but will defnetly consider the other agencies as well.

Emsmom - I will send you an email.

Where have you ladies donated? (South Africa?)

Hi Ladies esp Twintastic

Wooow Im so proud of you Elamsmom, especially coz you are Black(no offence on any1 and not trying to create another topic ) but Black people are too sceptical, esp on something like this. Friends and family couldnt believe I was doing this and kept on telling me how I was never gonna be able to have a baby again, and all sorts of negative things, blah blahb blah but I was determined.

I'm a regular blood donor, have put my organs up for donation @ death, so when I heard about egg donation in SA, it just seemed like the best thing I could do for any woman, coz I had a baby then and know how precious she was.

I did mine through DonorLife, and after doing it, swore I would do it again, just as long as I still can. It was a hectic time especially coz I have a hubby, so it took a lot of determimation on my part, and I had a hard time convincing him, but in the end, he saw how determined I was and how much it meant to me, so all he could do was support me.

There was lots of appointments and it wasnt easy coz I work, but made sure all my app were as early as 7, so I could get to work at 8. The injections were the sore part, coz I had to learn to inject myself, I did, and in no time I was a PRO...

On collection day I was so nervous, but was so proud of myself as the recipient couple got 10 eggs from me, yep 10 of the best and they were so thankful though we never met face to face.

They've called me again to find out if I still want to donate, and of cos yes, Im just bf my lg now, till she's 2, which will be next May .

As soon as she stops, Im def donating again...

@Emsmom: I also thought I shouldn't have been awake? I kept askeing (half consciously) whether he'd given me enough aneasthetic cos I was awake and could sort of feel what he was doing...

I'm by no means saying it was a bad experience, I just(stupidly) hadn't done my research (which is SO unlike me!), so my views are from that perspective of having not really known what to expect.

Not sure that I'd do it again, but it was a good experience and meant SO much to be able to help someone who desperately wanted a baby.

Hi EmsMom

Please could you also email me some more info about egg donation. I have sent you an email...

Thanks