Would You Sell Your Eggs To Pay Off Debt?

[Snoopy2645]

I agree they probably want someone with a harvard background. I am 29 now thats why I asked about it but I dont think I could ever really do it

[Ima saver]

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[On Track]

My first thought was yes, yes, yes! But after reading on, i guess they dont want "aged eggs".

[cicy33]

I wonder why people think that a college education is the key to great eggs???? Yes, i would do it but am to old now, (38). To me not much differnet than a guy donating. Except for the injections. I would say that you don't want a drug addict or anything but I would say as long as you are healthy and mentally stable that should be okay. I know some people that are really smart and have some less smart children.

[CJsoccerchic]

hee hee - i hear you on that cicy!!

[abowers]

How do the hormones lead to fertility problems and excessive hairiness... and death? It's nothing more than a woman going through IVF herself, correct? I work with a woman who was trying to conceive for 3 years through IVF -- is it a different process to donate to a stranger vs. to take eggs to fertilize and put back in your own body?

[abowers]

PS,
I'm sure the DC lawyer is making a lot of money as she is working in the DC area, but an extra 30k would help cut down on that 175k loans.

I am 22, a college graduate, I had a 1320 on the SATs. Even with my 16k left in undergrad loans, and anticipated 20k for my master's degree (more bonus points as a 'donor'), I can't say I'd do it myself though, as it is an invasive procedure. I can barely handle donating blood to the Red Cross without getting woozy/lightheaded.

[pyotr]

abowers, you're who they're looking for, assuming you're also good-looking and articulate. If you've donated blood, you know what it feels like to get an IV placed. You'd also have to go through a very invasive pelvic exam and procedure in stirrups to extract the eggs. For tens of thousands, some would think this is worth it, but if I were you, I'd get married and have some kids first before agreeing to something like this.

[tgavin71]

In Australia it is illegal for a woman to sell her eggs. It is done by donation only. If you donate eggs you can ask for expenses to be reimbursed but that is all. So even if I wanted to make money I wouldn't be able to.

[momo3]

Personally, I am currently pregnant with my third child, and we have had such a tough road with having children that we have decided to get fixed so we won't have that issue besides 3 children are plenty. Since We have decided to tie our tube and all anyhow why not sell my eggs so that people can get what they want and if I get some cash to compensate, then why not. I mean I can get out of some of the debt that I am in. Yeah there are risks but everything has risks. even walking down the way on the sidewalk.

[markio26]

i can give a point of view, secondhand on this subject... our good friend shari, donated her eggs many times.... she was raped by several men, when she worked in ohio and she could not have a relationship with her finance any longer... so, she did not want any kids of her own... it has destroyed her life... she holds down a job, but, went to live in her parents basement.. she is very insecure...
i would sell my eggs if i really needed the money... my sister could not have kids and she asked me to be a surrogate for her... my spouse said no way.. anyway, she finally had a daugher on her own... she donates eggs too.
i don't know if she would sell them... i think it would have to be a personal choice on an individual basis to donate or sell eggs..

[veronak]

Nope I would not do that just the simple fact that there maybe a kid of mines out there...oh boy nope I'll pass

[boefixepa]

My sister did this...her family really needed the $$. She already had had all 3 of her kids and had to have a partial historectmy (sp?) anyway because of fibriods. So she was done having kids so didn't have to worry about that. The money really helped, but I would worry about long term health risks of the hormones. We already have a high risk of cancer in my family, ovarian, cervical, breast....so personally no for me. I hope my sister gets the screening yearly, but at the time she was willing.

[asmom]

Considering that any children conceived from those eggs would be biologically mine, then the answer is NO, absolutely not. I can think of many other ways to get out of debt but that idea is extremely unappealing to me.

[vicki134]

I'm a journalist for a local newspaper in London, and I wondered if anyone who has sold or is considering selling their egg would like to talk to me in order to construct a feature outlining the advantages and disadvantages of egg donation. Drop me an email. thanks x

[MonkeyMama]

Originally Posted by asmom

Considering that any children conceived from those eggs would be biologically mine, then the answer is NO, absolutely not. I can think of many other ways to get out of debt but that idea is extremely unappealing to me.

Agreed. To me it would be about akin to adopting out a child, I couldn't do it.

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by katwoman

I find it interesting that a 28 y.o. DC lawyer with $175k in student debt thinks she is going to pay down her debt with successive rounds of egg donation at 8k-10k a pop.

What the hell ever happened to actually working?

It could easily take her 20 years or more to repay $175,000 in student loans. I made very large extra payments on my student loans and it still took me 12 years to repay $102,000. The original repayment plan was for 25 years.

Not that I'm supporting selling eggs, because I'm not, but I can certainly see the appeal of taking 8K bites out of that tremendous debt load.

[vishenda]

now this is cool

[PRICEPLUS]

I fear that science is quickly outstriping our moral sensibilities. It is all getting rather worrisome!

[fairy74]

I hate needles, so self-injections would be out. I have two friends who have used donated eggs to conceive, but I wouldn't do it.