The Perfect Donor

Resources: 

We frequently update this page. Please check back for new information.

 

Connect With Other Egg Donors:

We Are Egg Donors--An International Donor Self-Advocacy Group. Here egg donors, former egg donors, and women considering egg donation can connect with other egg donors, hear their stories, and join an online informational/support group specifically focused on egg donors and their experiences.

 

Is Egg Donation For Me?--An Informative Website for women considering becoming an egg donor.

This website is still under construction.

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Research on Egg Donation

Dr. Diane Tober is conducting research on egg donor decisions and experiences through University of California, San Francisco. To find out more or to take part in the research please take a look at our Egg Donor Research website, or contact us: eggdonorresearch@ucsf.edu.

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Infertility Resources 

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Resolve is the national infertility association. They have local chapters that provide support for people facing the challenges of infertility, as well as provide an online informational resource related to infertility.

 

Parents Via Egg Donation is a resource for people who are considering using an egg donor to complete their families. Here, intended parents can learn and share all aspects of the egg donation process.

 

Infertility Family Registry was launched by the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, to collect information on the health of people and families that faced infertility diagnoses or gone through infertility treatments. Intended parents and donors can register online.

 

More Coming Soon... 

 

Organizations

The Donor-Sibling Registry  is a resource for donor families, donor-conceived children, and donors (eggs or sperm) who are open to being contacted by any children conceived of their donations when they reach 18.

 

Our Bodies, Ourselves is a "public, non-profit public interest organization...that promotes evidence-based information on girls' and women's reproductive health and sexuality."

 

Media

Television

Do Ads for Egg Donors Go Too Far? WSB-TV, Atlanta, Sophia Choi, November 1, 2016.

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Print

The Price and Politics of Women's Eggs. Diane Tober, PhD, Undark Magazine.

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There's More to Life than Freezing Your Eggs. Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic, August 2013.

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Nature. "Health Effects of Egg Donation May Take Decades to Emerge." 442: 607-608.  August 2006.

 

Radio

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