Who Needs an Egg Donor?

Good Question. In short, people facing infertility challenges, cancer survivors, married couples, members of the LGBTQ community, singles and many others need egg donors. In an ideal world, making a baby is a decision between two consenting adults. Sex is meant to be an intimate and tender occurrence. When you struggle with infertility, making a baby is not a private affair anymore; it is a stressful, scientific experience now shared with receptionists, doctors, nurses, drug
companies and ultrasound technicians. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world.

Infertility is still somewhat of a taboo topic, but it’s certainly not rare. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 12 percent of women between the ages of 25 and 44 have difficulty conceiving or carrying a pregnancy to term – which is almost one out of every seven women. It is difficult to describe the desperate feeling a person/woman/couple feels when told they have infertility issues and overwhelming when presented with the options for treatment. The process is long, exhausting, emotional and takes a hard toll on the woman and marriage both physically, emotionally and financially.

For most women, they do not realize there are infertility concerns until months of trying to conceive. Women are
waiting later in life to conceive choosing to focus on education or career first. A woman’s ability to conceive
diminishes greatly as we age – especially by the age of 34. But after months of trying, couples must consider
alternatives such as medications, IVF, IUI’s, egg donation, surrogacy and/or adoption.

from The World Egg Bank http://www.theworldeggbank.com/blogs/who-needs-an-egg-donor/