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Egg Donor Support Group
I have created this site for egg donors to support one another with questions or concerns they may have about the egg donation process.
I started Nation Wide Egg Donation (an egg donation agency) over 8 years ago from my own experiences of being a donor 4 times. I would have continued to donate until the max. limit but became pregnant with my son.
I know that girls decide to donate for all different reasons, monetary or to help other women with the greatest gift of being able to have a child etc..
Whatever the reason, I think it is important that there is a support group between donors to help answer other donor's questions through other donor's past experiences. Woman to woman.
I invite you to post your questions and comments on this site to support one another.
I hope you find this site useful.
Tiffany Valentine
Nation Wide Egg Donation
President
We appreciate our donors more than you can imagine and if your question is not answered here by another donor to your satisfaction, please contact Tiffany or myself and we will seek out the answer for you or ask one of our donors to respond to you.
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I am a first time egg donor started injections on the 12th of Oct. Had my second hormone level check today and my levels have dropped-*?? I will start tonite doubling my original dose. They said if this doesnt work they may have to cancel the cycle....have any advice for me? I have been taking the injections corectly whats happening?
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Are you a donor with our agency? It is ok if you are not I would like any donor to be able to post with this blog.
I am not sure what is happening. Most clinics start everyone out at a basic amount but since we are all different and respond to things differently some donors need more as well as some need less. I would call your donor nurse coordinator at the clinic you are working with to go over everything. If you are using a "pen" I would make sure that you are turning it correctly and that the medication is actually coming out. We also have some instruction video's on how to administer your medications on our website at the bottom of our "Donors" page which is really useful. But I would for sure call your donor nurse at the clinic and go over with her what you are doing step by step. Hope this helps.
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No I am working with Boston ivf. I went again today 10/17 to do blood hormone levels and an ultrasound to a more local clinic , but they do not specialize in any of this. All of my test results are sent to Boston, My nurse said she wants me to go to Boston to there clinic to redo everything tomorrow. When I had my levels done in Boston on Monday they were fine now they are not since going to Portland. They think it is very unusual. I asked the ultrasound tech and she said she could see one good follicle on my right side and she had a hard time seeing my left ovary... but thought she may have seen a small follicle? The nurse said some people do not respond to hormones. But I have three children??? The nurse told me to do 450 of the gonal f tonight and 150 of the follistim separately and be there at 10am tomorrow... I have been mixing them since I started on 10/11. I know I have to be using the pen correctly because it was empty last night from two doses of 450. I am hoping for the best tomorrow.
They think the practice I went to Wed and today for the may be too inexperienced. Have you ever heard of this happening before, could the gonal f be "bad"?
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You had mentioned that this was your first donation correct? Sometimes donor's just don't respond to the medication. I would just keep close contact with your donor nurse coordinator at your clinic.
This is a good example why a lot of couple want to pick a donor that has donated before so they can see how you did on your first cycle etc.. unfortunately this happens. Did your clinic do a cycle day three blood draw and ultrasound on you when you first started this cycle?
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They did do blood levels and they were not right. After all did decide to cancle the cycle. I feel badly for the family.Does this mean I just dont respond to that specific medication or would I probably never respond to any? Shoud I even bother to try again for another family?
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Since I don't know that specifics on your case I would ask the coordinator at the agency you are working with if she can get your medical records or maybe call the clinic that you were working with and ask speak with the Doctor or your nurse coordinator there and ask them if they recommend that you be a donor again. Sometimes in this case your estrogen level gets too high and they cancel and start over again. In other cases they just suggest to the couple to try with a different donor. But the person that you should ask is your Doctor.
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I just wanted to thank you both Kristine and Tiffany for being so fabulous to work with. I am sure all my calls and questions were a bit overwhelming but as a first time donor I just wanted to make sure I was doing everything correctly. You guys are awesome thank you for making this a wonderful experience. I cant wait to donate again!
Kate
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Thank you Kate for the email. Kristine and I are always here to make this a great process for you. You are an angel for helping another woman with the greatest gift one womam can give to another.
We look forward to working with you again as well!
Tiffany
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Dear Tiffany (and donors),
I just want you to know how AMAZING it has been to work with you as a donor! You are ALWAYS there to answer questions, concerns, and are there with advice that someone only gets from having donated themselves. I implore any woman considering working with an egg donation agency to use Nationwide. You will recieve personalized care that is second to none!
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I am curious about the age requirement for egg donors. What makes a woman over the age of 30, not a good candidate for donation? I would be interested in becoming a donor, but saw the age limit was 30. I am 33. Thank you!
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Hello, I am considering being a doner and I am 34 years old. Would I be accepted? I am also wanting to what happens to the doner, does it hurt, and if the family ever reviews who I am?
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i am a 37 year woman who is fairly good health. Wanted to know if there is any option for me to be a egg donor at my age. i would appreciate if you could email some information about it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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can you please respond to my previous comment i would really appreciate it. i am really interested in becoming an egg donor.
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I just finished the donor process and I'm in a lot of pain. I have vomiting and diarrhea and hot flashes. It's been 3 days since the egg retrieval. Tylenol, heating pad or anything I try is not working. It's almost unbearable. I literally feel like my insides are being torn apart. Is there something, anything, I can do to make the pain stop?
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I'm trying to find a place where I can ask other donors about their experience after the retrieval. I just donated for the second time and my recovery has been so completely different that I am actually worried. I've found with my agency and everything online that the focus is on the receipiants rather than the donors and there isn't very much information on what to expect. the differences in my recovery this time as compared to last time started almost immediately after my surgery - I fainted (which I've never done before). I've had intense nausea and swelling (2-3 times my normal stomach size) accompanied with difficulty breathing and intense back pain. the actual abdominal pain is minimal in comparison. I have to work tomorrow and I don't know if I'll even be able to fit into my work clothes, let alone function throughout the day with the pain. Has anyone had similar experiences? I see that no one's updated on here for almost a year but this is the only thing i could find not focused on the receipiants. I don't regret donating, but I don't deny the comparisons that can be drawn to The Handmaid's Tale in that donors are treated as if they don't exist with all the importance placed on the mothers.
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