Egg Donation Facts

In today's society people are "rewarded" for notdiminished quality of their eggs.
getting children. If you want to have a good financialIn fact 14,000 "egg donation babies" are born each
standing in life you usually have to study and workyear in the USA according to the American Society
for the first 30 to 40 years of your life. Manyof Reproductive Medicine.
women find that once they have achieved aThat number in and of itself might not be surprising in
professional level of success where they are "readya nation of 300,000,000 people, but if you look at
to raise a family" - their bodies are not willing tothe fact that there has been a 40% growth in egg
provide them with a family. The fertility of womendonation procedures since the year 2000 then that is
decreases significantly in her late 30's, which is oftenquiet impressive.
just the time they have a professional standing thatIt all started in 1978 when the first "test tube baby"
can provide them with a comfortable lifestyle.was born - her name was Louise Joy Brown and you
This is one of the reasons why egg donation iscan still read about her today if you do a Google
becoming more and more popular in places all oversearch on her name.
the world nowadays.Technology has advanced a lot till then and
This article will look at some facts about eggnowadays it is even possible to freeze ones own
donation.eggs at a fertile age and "unfreeze them" years later
With economic wealth come many changes in societywhen you are ready to get pregnant.
and culture. Not too long ago it was quiet commonWhile the results when using frozen eggs are still not
for young women to be pregnant with their first childas good as the results when using fresh eggs, the
by the age of 16 - nowadays it is frowned upon, andfreezing technology is evolving constantly and
for a good reason.currently a process called 'vitrification' proves to be
In order to be able to provide a financially stablevery promising and so far has shown to deliver good
environment for a child, we nowadays need to goresults.
through many yours of schooling and acquire severalThere are many issues that need to be tackled in
years of experience in the business world.the egg donation industry of America, specially when
By the time we are "ready" for kids, our body oftenit comes to regulations and the need for proper
points out that "society might have changed, butdocumentation, but it looks like this will happen within
biology didn't". Meaning, if you want to get pregnantthis or the next year.
in your late 30's or 40's, most likely you'll need someEstablished egg donation agencies who do their
help from fertility specialists.business in a responsible manner will only profit from
Egg donation is growing rapidly in popularity. Becausea well-designed amount of regulation, as will both egg
the main factor in older woman that makes adonors and and infertile couples.
pregnancy either impossible or too risky is the