Category Archives: Fertility

Using an egg donor to have a baby is a very personal choice that should be respected and supported. Even with modern family-building methods like donor egg use becoming mainstream, many intended parents struggle with conversations around their decision to use third-party reproduction. They worry…

The egg donation process is over, and now you’re thrilled to see that your pregnancy test result is positive. What comes next? Many intended parents who’ve experienced a successful donation cycle are understandably equal parts excited and wary. The road to a positive pregnancy test post-donation cyc…

Egg donation services can be used to help build families for LGBT couples as well as for those facing infertility. LGBT couples, particularly same-sex male couples, are aware that egg donation services will be needed in coordination with surrogacy services. However, for women who expected to…

Women who choose to use an egg donor to help build their families have already experienced the emotional highs and lows of the egg donation process, but what happens once a pregnancy is confirmed? Some women worry that they will not be able to enjoy the full spectrum of what it means to be…

National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) takes places during the last week of April and honors those couples who struggle with infertility. One in eight couples struggle with infertility, which means that many of us likely know someone who has struggled to conceive – or maybe struggled ourselves. …

Searching for the right egg donor for your family and navigating the egg donation process can seem like a long and overwhelming journey. Fortunately, experienced case managers like those at Egg Donor America can aid in every step along the road to parenthood, from finding an egg donor who meets…

Learning that you must use an egg donor to have a baby is news that can be fraught with disappointment, anxiety, and unease. After all, unless you are part of an LGBT couple, you probably didn’t expect that your journey to parenthood would require another woman’s help. Regardless of whether you rec…

Starting on April 24th, RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association will kick off its 27th annual National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW). NIAW highlights the need for and value of third-party reproductive services like egg donation. As an essential part of modern family building, egg donation…

Celebrities make planned conception seem easy, right? Gossip, fashion, and style magazines frequently feature celebrity moms at 40, 45, or even older with their newborn children. What is often left out of these articles is the reality of how these babies came to be. Of course, natural conception is…

Even in 2015, women and couples who use an egg donor to build their family face a certain stigma about the decision. Even well-meaning family and friends can impart hurtful comments without noticing that what they are saying is judgmental or unkind. Attitudes toward egg donation have evolved, as…