Egg Donor Program
“Thank you seems like such a small thing to say for how much I feel. How do you thank people for helping me with one of the GREATEST experiences of my life! You each treated me like I was the most important person in your care.”
Jennifer, Surrogate
“Thank you, for my new family. The twins are beautiful and perfect in every way. After my parents, who gave me life, you have given me the most important gift I will ever receive. I will be forever grateful. What joy this is....like nothing I have ever known! Yours is the work of angels! Much Love.”
Tim, Parent
“I just needed to let you all know how touched I am by all the support and true concern you have shown me. Through the highs and lows, I have felt so surrounded by kindness.”
Jennifer, Surrogate
“Thank you guys for seeing us through. We feel so fortunate that you decided to do what you do, when we decided to do what we’re doing with your help. How’s that for a tongue twister!”
Anthony and Ira, Parents, Los Angeles, Daughter Noelle
“I wanted to thank you all for making my experience as a surrogate so amazing! It exceeded my expectations. Very few things in my life turn out better than I expect or imagine.”
Tonya, Surrogate
“We want to express our deepest gratitude for making our lifelong dream of becoming parents a reality. Thank you all for helping us through a process that at times was overwhelming. Your professionalism, support, and love made us feel at ease.”
Eric and Jose, Parents, Boston, Daughter Alexa
“We want to explain our child that he or she is the result of a sum of very generous acts: most of all that of his surrogate mother and the egg donor who also made it possible for him to exist. This gesture of offering the potential of one’s own body to others is something beautiful. This makes us think that this baby will bring with him this sum of generosity, solidarity, hope and understanding. He will not be born by surprise, but rather our surprise will always be in him, in his amazing existence to which so many people have contributed with professionalism, love and dedication.”
José and Miquel, Intended Parents
If you are a healthy, attractive woman between the ages of 21 and 30, and wish to receive egg donor information on how to become an egg donor prospect, please fill out the online application. Please note that egg donors must be willing to complete medical and psychological testing, take a series of injectable medications, and undergo an outpatient surgical procedure for egg retrieval. The typical timeline from selection by a future parent to completion of your egg donation is 2-4 months.
We’ll review your application within 1 business day and let you know if we can move forward or not. If we are able to move forward we’ll invite you to schedule your egg donor phone consult. You can use our easy online calendaring system through your online account. This way we eliminate phone tag! During your consult we’ll discuss how the egg donation process works and answer any questions you may have.
Once your phone consult is completed we will provide you with some documents to read over and approve.
Finally if you’d like to proceed we’ll schedule your in person appointment. We hold appoints regularly in LA, NY and our Ohio Valley office. We visit other major U.S. cities several times a year to conduct in person appointments. When you’re at your appointment you’ll complete the first part of your psychological screening which consists of two assessments on the computer; an IQ assessment and a personality assessment. Next you’ll film your video interview. The video interview is unique to GG and a very important part of your donor profile. You’ll want you to look your absolute best and we’ll provide you with the questions you’ll be asked ahead of time. The appointment should take 2-3 hours.
Once the appointment is completed we’ll prepare your profile and make it available to intended parents.
Your profile will be housed in our password protected data base. Intended parents who are looking for a donor will obtain a password from us and view profiles. Once we have an intended parent who would like to choose you we’ll be in contact to confirm your availability for a match and donor cycle.
Match times vary greatly from less than a day to over a year. The best advice we can give you is to set yourself apart through your profile. Give complete, thoughtful answers and put your best foot forward in your video interview.
We’ll just let you check it out for yourself. Please click here for a sample profile.
No you don’t. We do have intended parents who would like the option of meeting their donor or would like their donor to be open to meeting potential offspring once they reach the age of 18. We’ll ask you your preference on this and if it’s not something you’re comfortable with we’ll just let intended parents know. This is a good time to mention that while this process is anonymous (your full name and contact information will not be provided to the intended parents) but as you probably know it doesn’t take much information to find someone (thank you Google!). We don’t say this to alarm you but if you are anxious about someone finding out who you are you should not be an egg donor anywhere. With this said we’re finding that more and more egg donors are completely comfortable and proud of their decision to help create families....it’s just not the right choice for everyone.
The short answer is maybe.☺ Helpful right? Well it really depends on where you live. About 85% of our intended parents are working with a doctor in Southern California. So if you live outside of So Cal there is a good chance that you will need to travel. If you cannot travel due to job or school conflicts and you live outside of So Cal it may just take longer to find a match for you.
If you do need to travel for your donation plan to take two trips to the doctor you’ll be working with. The first is just a one day trip (you may spend one night if you’re flying from the opposite coast). This first trip will be for your medical screening. You’ll get to choose the date of this appointment so you can work it into your schedule. The appointment will need to occur Monday-Friday.
The second trip will be for your actual egg retrieval. Any appointments between your 1st and 2nd trip will be at a local monitoring doctor that your primary doctor will send you to. Your egg retrieval trip can be anywhere between 4-10 days though it’s generally on the shorter end. You will need a companion with you on the day of your egg retrieval so be sure you have a support person who can travel with you. Your companion only needs to be present on the day of your procedure. Both travel arrangements for you and your companion will be covered. We work with a travel agent who will be in direct communication with you regarding travel itineraries.
Once you’re matched with intended parents our Client Services Team will be taking care of you. First you’ll be asked to complete your psychological interview and your genetic interview. Once those two screenings are completed you’ll be instructed to make your medical screening appointment with the doctor you’ll be working with (Don’t worry! We’ll give you explicit instructions). At this time we’ll also refer you to your attorney to complete contracts. We should receive your medical clearance 2 weeks after your screening appointment at which time the actual egg donation cycle can begin. For many potential donors understanding the medical process and risks is one of the most important factors in choosing to become a donor. We'll review this with you during your phone consultation
Once you are selected you can expect 2-4 months before your actual egg retrieval occurs. If we expect it to be any longer than this we’ll certainly let you know. The time will fly because you’ll be busy with screenings, contracts and taking your medications.
For many potential donors understanding the medical process and risks is one of the most important factors in choosing to become a donor. We'll spend a nice amount of time reviewing this during your phone consult.
Most donors do their own injections but you’re absolutely welcome to have your friend or partner administer the shots for you. You will have some time with the nurse at your medical screening to go over how to administer your medications. We promise it’s easier than it sounds!
No you don’t. Each doctor is a little different but the average period of abstinence is 3-4 weeks total. We’ll be honest…not many donors are really interested in being sexually active during this time period as you may have some bloating and abdominal tenderness☺
Donors are compensated $8,000 for their first donation and $10,000 for each donation thereafter. In addition to this compensation reasonable travel expenses and other benefits are provided. Please click here for a sample benefit package.
The majority of our donors do donate more than one time because they find the process to be gratifying and relatively easy. Egg donors are allowed to do up to 6 donations. We will request a medical records and a recommendation form from the doctor between each cycle just to be sure they have no concern with you donating another time.
If you do decide you’d like to donate more than one time we will have your body have two regular periods between cycles.
We thought we’d let our mission statement speak for itself☺
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It is ok though we do prefer that our donors be exclusive with us. We just ask that if you are chosen at the other agency you’re working with that you let us know right away. We want to make sure your profile reflects that you’re unavailable so we don’t have any disappointed intended parents on our hands!
Growing Generations has a finance team dedicated to taking care of each case. From reimbursements to your final compensation, our finance team will make sure you receive any payments or reimbursements in a timely manner.
We require that all of your expenses and fees are deposited into a Client Expense Account managed by Growing Generations. We require these funds before you’re allowed to begin any medications.
Yes. Any sexual partners will need to undergo infectious disease screening. The intended parents who choose you will pay for this testing and your partner can go into a local lab for testing so they are not required to travel.
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