Renee had to fly to Los Angeles to donate her eggs. The receiving couple had to fly from Texas. It was easy for me to take a week off work to fly out to Los Angeles for all the procedures. Donors are compensated for their travel expenses. The actual egg donation procedure takes place in a hospital instead of the clinic.
Doctors use special drugs to prepare the donor's ovaries.
Then, donors are given another drug that causes the eggs to mature. There are a number of different hormones donors take to develop the egg sacs. The drugs don't work on everybody all the time. I wanted to donate again, but the drug they used didn't work the second time. Once the eggs are ready for retrieval, the donor must go in for minor surgery.