At Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation, we have so much to be grateful for. From Boston to San Francisco and around the world, we have the world’s best intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors. We do our best to show appreciation for all of the members of our Circle family throughout the year but want […]
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Why I Became An Egg Donor: My Egg Donation Story
When I did my first egg donation, I was in my early twenties and my best friends had just found out they could not have children of their own. I offered to donate my eggs to them, but they went a different route. They now have beautiful sibling girls that they adopted. Now with that […]
What is Egg Donation? A Blog for Prospective Donors
Thinking about becoming an egg donor and have some questions about how the process works? Are you wondering, what is egg donation? If so, this is a great introduction that explains the anatomy and physiology of the egg maturation cycle, the donation process, and also provides a good foundation of IVF (in-vitro fertilization). What is […]
Becoming an Egg Donor: Medications and Procedures
Becoming an Egg Donor: Medications and Procedures. This post is was authored by Circle egg donor Gina Marie As a four-time egg donor, I am often asked if the procedure is painful. What I’ve found is that this experience is different for every woman. It depends on the woman’s pain tolerance, her body’s response to […]
9 Tips for Egg Donors in Cycle
When going through your egg donation cycle, your body is putting in an extra effort so that you can produce multiple healthy and strong eggs to help the intended parents achieve their dream of bringing home a healthy baby. Your care and comfort are important throughout this time. Here are some tips for egg donors […]
I’ve Completed My Egg Donor Application: What’s Next?
You’ve just taken a big step in filling out our online application to be an egg donor. Phew! What happens now? After you’ve submitted your application to become an egg donor, you can expect to hear back from a member of Circle’s team within a few business days on whether or not you’ve met our […]
9 Things I Didn’t Expect as an Egg Donor
Former circle employee and egg donor Samantha shares her egg donor experience… Working with the egg donor applications, and creating web content for the site, I thought I knew it all about egg donation! Yet, during my initial appointments, I found myself asking a lot of questions, and learned so much more as I went […]
The Difference Between My Two Cycles: An Egg Donor’s Experience
At Circle, we receive many questions about the egg donation process. Becoming an egg donor involves applying, matching, psychological and medical screening, contracts, medications, monitoring appointments, retrieval, and compensation. Even with this general process, every egg donor cycle is unique. As a two-time egg donor, here’s a back-to-back comparison of my experiences. Egg Donor Matching […]