25-11-2015, 04:02 AM
It's a really huge decision, but I'm about 75% sure that I want to become an egg donor. I've been doing a lot of internet research about the risks and benefits, I think my next step is getting a doctor's opinion and then applying to be a donor.
I've read some not so pleasant things in articles about the risks of the process, but they seem few and far between. I am slightly worried about having to be hospitalized for complications to the process, but aside from that, a bit of discomfort for a month while I take the injections and get ultrasounds seems like a small price to pay for the chance to give someone a child.
I myself don't want children, that's a very personal choice based on my life and financial situation, and the way I view the world. But so many people do, I can't imagine how upsetting it must be to want to be a parent but find out that you are not fertile. How crushing must that feel? I can empathize with that, even if I have never been in that situation myself.
In my life, I really want to help people. It's why I went to school for massage therapy, and it's why I want to be on a K-9 search and rescue team someday. I want to change someone's life. I want to know that when someone looks back on some life altering moment, that I helped facilitate that. I was a part of making their dream a reality. I feel like my purpose is to make other people's lives better in some way.
So it's definitely a lot to consider, but I think that I really want to do this. My only hesitation is the few people who have severe reactions to the hormones. From what I've read, it seems like most of those reactions did not happen until the 5th to 8th time people donated. That seems like a lot to me, I think that I would be a lot more careful about donating so frequently because of the high doses of hormones. Even though doctors say it's mostly safe, there is still a risk, and that is the part that scares me and makes me a little unsure about whether I should do this.
I've read some not so pleasant things in articles about the risks of the process, but they seem few and far between. I am slightly worried about having to be hospitalized for complications to the process, but aside from that, a bit of discomfort for a month while I take the injections and get ultrasounds seems like a small price to pay for the chance to give someone a child.
I myself don't want children, that's a very personal choice based on my life and financial situation, and the way I view the world. But so many people do, I can't imagine how upsetting it must be to want to be a parent but find out that you are not fertile. How crushing must that feel? I can empathize with that, even if I have never been in that situation myself.
In my life, I really want to help people. It's why I went to school for massage therapy, and it's why I want to be on a K-9 search and rescue team someday. I want to change someone's life. I want to know that when someone looks back on some life altering moment, that I helped facilitate that. I was a part of making their dream a reality. I feel like my purpose is to make other people's lives better in some way.
So it's definitely a lot to consider, but I think that I really want to do this. My only hesitation is the few people who have severe reactions to the hormones. From what I've read, it seems like most of those reactions did not happen until the 5th to 8th time people donated. That seems like a lot to me, I think that I would be a lot more careful about donating so frequently because of the high doses of hormones. Even though doctors say it's mostly safe, there is still a risk, and that is the part that scares me and makes me a little unsure about whether I should do this.
