Comments on: Women Hatching Financial Plans: Selling Eggs To Fertility Clinics!

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:06:33 +0000

my husband just lost his job and we just had a third child on labor day. We sold everything possible already except for the computer that i’m on. we need it to look for jobs ad to post resumes. Selling my eggs seems like the most logical thing to do right now. I have to do whatever is best for my kids. Now i just have to find a place to take my eggs.

By: Edna

Edna — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:40 +0000

It is a risk, a big one. But when your not making enough to keep the water, gas, and electric all on at once, “Mommy doesn’t have the money right now.” just doesnt cut it. An outsider looking in may judge harshly, but who are we to not take risk and sacrafice for our children. It is but a primal instinct to put thier life before ours and to provide the necessities for our young. Those who disagree should not reproduce.

By: Usha

Usha — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:59:57 +0000

Tim, it is a known fact that egg donation is a more involved and risky process when compared to sperm donation.

How can anything with the possibility of causing ovarian cancer or early menopause be legitimate? Isn’t this reason enough for women to consider donating eggs a risk?

By: Porschea

Porschea — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:16:49 +0000

I thought about selling my eggs b/c I don’t want children and I needed money,although the money sounds good but when you read the conditions that right there changed my mind. My life is more important than to go through those problems for the rest of my life and that money will be gone within know time,so I’m glad I read up on this before jumping into anything.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:41:56 +0000

I find it interesting that when men donate sperm, so much the better, but women donating eggs is in this author’s opinion “pitiable.” Medical risks aside, evidence for which is slim at best, women should not be discouraged from donating their eggs whatever the reason. Perhaps the author should spend their time speaking to the consumerist mindset that drives families into financial straights than attacking a legitimate route to child bearing for many infertile couples without any quantitative justification.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:31:18 +0000

I think that the article hit the nail on the head in summation – this phenomenon speaks more the conditions women are dealing with (fighting poverty and debt, child rearing, etc) and how it always falls to women to put their best interests last in times of hardship. In fact, it’s expected. Feeding our children, and keeping a roof over the family’s collective head is more important than our own lives.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:45:03 +0000

Risk of early menopause in addition to yet unknown medical issues must be weighed carefully by each women considering egg donation, the monetary compensation is small compared to what she may physically and mentally face in a lifetime.

By: Nauman

Nauman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:53:28 +0000

Unfortunately America has to go through a lot more of these shockers for the next couple of years if not a whole decade.