How to Become an Egg Donor in Ohio

Egg donors are women who donate their eggs to help women who are unable to get pregnant start a family. Ohio, like most other states, offers several different donation programs for women seeking to donate their eggs. Donors in Ohio may select an anonymous or known donor program through which to donate their eggs. There is typically no fee required to donate eggs and most programs offer women monetary compensation for their time and donation.

Instructions

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  Select a clinic you feel comfortable with. There are several fertility clinics in Ohio, including the Institute for Reproductive Health and Reproductive Assistance Inc. in Cincinnati, Reproductive Medicine in Columbus and University Hospital in Cleveland. Most clinics offer a website for prospective donors and some advertise locally.

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  Meet all the prerequisite requirements. Each clinic sets its own specific standards on donor eligibility, although most require donors to be between 21 and the early 30s, to maintain a healthy weight, to be a nonsmoker, to be free of sexually transmitted diseases and to have a regular menstrual cycle.

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  Apply to donate and go through the screening process. All clinics require that donors be screened. The application is often an extensive questionnaire about your health, family history and social history. Most clinics include a physical exam and physiological screening to ensure that only fit donors are accepted into the program. After completing the screening process, most clinics allow you to enroll in their donor program.

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  Produce viable eggs. The process for producing eggs varies with each clinic, though donors must typically inject hormones to produce eggs for freezing or direct placement into the recipient.

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  Have the eggs retrieved. When your eggs are ready to be harvested, you must travel to the clinic to take part in the retrieval process. After your eggs have been retrieved, you must rest quietly, though you may return to normal activity within a day.