A woman is born with several hundred thousand eggs. You do not make any new eggs, they are all created while you are in your mother's womb. You will use about 300 or so naturally through your menstrual cycle. That leaves a good few hundred thousand left over. It's not like you're going to run out or be depleted!
That said, the process of harvesting the eggs is very involved. You have to take lots of hormones and medications. This is where most of your risk is. And realize, you CANNOT have sex at any time around when you are donating (you will likely end up with a very dangerous, very MULTIPLE pregnancy!!). Most, if not all, doctors will not do these types of procedures without extensive psychological, background, genetic and other testing.
It's not like it's easy or that you just walk in and do it, it takes months and years to do, with a lot of risk with the meds.
If you go through all the testing and everything and still want to do it, then I think that's a noble decision. If it's something you're that passionate about, then go for it if it's what you want!
Would you donate your eggs to stem cell research?
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A woman is born with several hundred thousand eggs. You do not make any new eggs, they are all created while you are in your mother's womb. You will use about 300 or so naturally through your menstrual cycle. That leaves a good few hundred thousand left over. It's not like you're going to run out or be depleted!
That said, the process of harvesting the eggs is very involved. You have to take lots of hormones and medications. This is where most of your risk is. And realize, you CANNOT have sex at any time around when you are donating (you will likely end up with a very dangerous, very MULTIPLE pregnancy!!). Most, if not all, doctors will not do these types of procedures without extensive psychological, background, genetic and other testing.
It's not like it's easy or that you just walk in and do it, it takes months and years to do, with a lot of risk with the meds.
If you go through all the testing and everything and still want to do it, then I think that's a noble decision. If it's something you're that passionate about, then go for it if it's what you want!