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December 2, 2021
Choosing the Right Egg Donor for Your Family
When it comes to choosing an Egg Donor, there are many decisions to be made. It can feel overwhelming. Ultimately, you will want to pick a donor who you feel comfortable with. Egg Donor Solutions has added an option for Egg Donors to upload a video to help you get a feel for […]
October 14, 2021
Donor Eggs: Fresh or Frozen – Which is Best?
Once you have decided to build your family through egg donation, the next major decision you will likely face is whether to do a fresh cycle with a donor through an agency or use frozen eggs purchased through a clinic or an egg bank. While egg banks will often market themselves as the more convenient, […]
October 14, 2021
Finding the Right Egg Donor for Your Family
How the EDS Match Team Can Help How do you find the right egg donor to help you create your happy family? With endless agency websites and donor profiles to review, the idea can feel overwhelming for many intended parents (IPs). One thing that sets Egg Donor Solutions (EDS) apart from other agencies is how […]
July 16, 2021
Jennifer’s Story: Building a Relationship with her Donor
For Jenn Dunn, the decision to create her family via egg donation was an easy one. After years of trying to conceive and several failed intrauterine inseminations, Jenn says she subconsciously knew that donor eggs would be her path to parenthood. She was so sure, in fact, that she picked up several brochures for egg […]
June 3, 2021
Legal Considerations of Egg Donation: Why You Should Have a Direct Donor Agreement
One of the most important aspects of the egg donation process we help facilitate for intended parents (IPs) is the direct legal agreement with their donor. Once a donor has passed the medical and psychological screening, the IPs and the donor will have the opportunity to consult separately with attorneys who specialize in assisted reproduction […]
May 20, 2021
Writing A Letter To Your donor
Once intended parents (IPs) have chosen a donor, and she begins the medical screening process, our coordinators at Egg Donor Solutions will ask the IPs to write a letter to their donor that will be shared with her before or at the retrieval. Receiving the letter is often a wonderful surprise for the donor that […]
May 20, 2021
Donor’s Favorite Experiences
What is the best thing about being an egg donor? This is a question we often ask our donors after they have completed their cycle. It may be surprising to some to learn that the answer is not the financial compensation. While compensation is certainly one of the benefits of being an egg […]
May 20, 2021
Talking to Your Children About Egg Donation
Dallas-based psychologist Wendy Bauer has been working with infertile couples and individuals for35 years with a special interest in families created via donor conception. Specifically, she counsels intended parents, egg donors, sperm donors, and donor-conceived children, teens, and adults. In her work with intended parents, Wendy helps them navigate the often-complex emotions that come with […]
October 15, 2020
Recipient Parents Share How They Chose Their Egg Donors: Part 2
This is a continuation of our Q&A with former intended parents regarding how they chose their egg donors. You can find part one here on our Intended Parents Blog. The Moms Carrie Collier-Brown Twins Cooper and Zoe, age 4 (also has a biological daughter Willow, age 10) Jennifer Dunn Son Bennett, age 2 Amy Huston Daughter […]
October 8, 2020
Recipient Parents Share How They Chose Their Egg Donors: Part 1
Egg Donor Solutions is committed to supporting intended parents throughout their journey to parenthood. We often hear from intended parents that the process of choosing an egg donor feels overwhelming. There are hundreds of profiles, and it’s hard to know where to begin. While our coordinators are always just an email or phone call away, […]