The couple were matched with an anonymous egg donor. Nine months later their little daughter was born. Now, healthy, non-smoking women between the ages of 21 and 34 are needed to help many other couples like Donna and Andy and the center is taking steps to let people know about the issue of egg donation and the need for donors. Donors are compensated for their effort. Specifically, egg donation helps women who are unable to conceive because they cannot produce healthy eggs.
Egg donation involves many steps.
First, potential egg donors and recipients undergo extensive medical and psychological screening. Then, recipients are placed on medications to stimulate the development of a receptive uterine lining. At the same time, the donor is placed on medications to stimulate the development of multiple follicles within the ovary. When the follicles are mature, an egg aspiration procedure is performed to remove the eggs from the donor's ovary. The eggs are then fertilized in a lab with the sperm of the recipient's partner.