Surrogate Mothers Online Q & A: I am a young educated healthy woman and I feel I would be a good egg donor candidate. Being 20 year old I do not have any children of my own and have always had very protected sex to make sure I did not get pregnant(or anything else for that matter). I became interested in donating but in my reasearch read that it is preferable if you have concieved a child before. My question is, where does that leave me.

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Q & A: Typical Requirements & Screening - Egg Donation

Topics may include typical requirements for becoming an egg donor, the screening process, qualities to look for in an egg donor/IP via egg donation, etc.

1. I am a young educated healthy woman and I feel I would be a good egg donor candidate. Being 20 year old I do not have any children of my own and have always had very protected sex to make sure I did not get pregnant(or anything else for that matter). I became interested in donating but in my reasearch read that it is preferable if you have concieved a child before. My question is, where does that leave me. - Celine in Canada - Top

Celine,

Even though your question was for Tracie, I felt I could also answer it. Having conceived before was not a requirement for an egg donor in the
program I went through, nor is it a requirement for many of the programs I know of. In fact, most donors are advertised for in college newspapers. Our donor was 23 years old and had never conceived. Personally, I was more
interested in her family medical history and her reasons for donating as well as a fairly close physical match (although that was pretty low on the list of priorities).

Linda P
Mom of twins via GS/DE - Updated: April 17, 2000
Topics may include typical requirements for becoming an egg donor, the screening process, qualities to look for in an egg donor/IP via egg donation, etc.

1. I am a young educated healthy woman and I feel I would be a good egg donor candidate. Being 20 year old I do not have any children of my own and have always had very protected sex to make sure I did not get pregnant(or anything else for that matter). I became interested in donating but in my reasearch read that it is preferable if you have concieved a child before. My question is, where does that leave me. - Celine in Canada - Top: Celine,

Even though your question was for Tracie, I felt I could also answer it. Having conceived before was not a requirement for an egg donor in the
program I went through, nor is it a requirement for many of the programs I know of. In fact, most donors are advertised for in college newspapers. Our donor was 23 years old and had never conceived. Personally, I was more
interested in her family medical history and her reasons for donating as well as a fairly close physical match (although that was pretty low on the list of priorities).

Linda P
Mom of twins via GS/DE - Updated: April 17, 2000

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Tracie - 5 time egg donor (triplets, 2 sets of twins and 2 singletons) and 3 time surrogate (2-AI, 1-IVF).

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