June 19, 2021
Happy Father’s Day to Our Intended & Recipient Dads
Our team at Egg Donor Solutions would like to wish our intended and recipient fathers a very happy Father’s Day! We are honored that you chose our agency to help you create your family. In honor of Father’s Day, we are highlighting a few of our recipient dads: Joseph Tang, Jared Charles and Alastair Power. […]
May 20, 2021
Braving Infertility Together
Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, Braving Infertility Together is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to normalize the infertility process by providing experienced-based support, encouragement and education. The organization was born from a group of local women who connected via an online search for infertility support and decided to meet in person for brunch. […]
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 the compensation is certainly one of the benefits of being an egg donor, it […]
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-BrownTwins Cooper and Zoe, age 4 (also has a biological daughter Willow, age 10) Jennifer DunnSon Bennett, age 2 Amy HustonDaughter Hallie, age […]
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, […]
September 3, 2020
Amy’s Story: Loving your children equally but differently
Written By: Hillary Redwine “How are your miracle children?” That’s the phrase Amy Huston’s mom often uses when inquiring about her children – Eli, age four, and Hallie, age one. “And they really are little miracles,” Amy says. With a heart condition that prevents her from safely carrying a pregnancy, Amy used gestational carriers (or […]
July 28, 2020
Our family is how it always should have been
Written By: Carrie Collier-Brown At age 31, Carrie Collier-Brown was on the verge of an exciting new phase in her life. She had just graduated from law school and was preparing to take the bar exam. A newlywed, she was also looking forward to starting a family and had been trying to conceive for just […]
July 9, 2020
“Do you tell a child that they were conceived via egg or sperm donor?”
Written by: Dr. Shannon M. Clark, MD I knew that trying to become a first-time mom at 40 would be tough. My fears were realized when my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Although that loss was devastating, I had no idea just how much more disappointment I was about to experience. That loss was only […]
July 2, 2020
The Child We Were Meant to Have
Written By: Hillary Redwine There are moments in my life that stand out vividly. I can replay them in my mind like a scene from a movie, recalling where I was, what was said, and the emotions I felt. One of those moments happened in 2007 when I received a phone call from my doctor […]