Motivations for Donation

It is definitely true that motivations to donate really vary.

According to current research, women most commonly donate eggs in order to help others conceive children and the idea of motherhood is obviously the predominant theme from which all others develop. Although there is a strong empathic concern and sympathy for another woman’s plight, it is the personal desire to achieve motherhood, which is complicated by a number of external.

The primary benefit is altruistic aspect, the satisfaction that egg donor gets by providing eggs to another woman, only because SHE understands the agony of the mother to get a child. Egg donation is priceless and invaluable and cannot be compensated by any form for the never-ending smiles that egg donor gives to the intended parents. Atruistic donors are those who donate not in return for any reward but simply in order to give this gift to another. In the case of egg donation for example, altruistic donors are typically those who have experienced motherhood themselves and would like to share this opportunity with another, or women who have come across infertility in their lives either through family or friends, and so realise the struggles that such women face.

When some respondents were asked if they would contemplate sharing their eggs with another woman, even without any financial advantage to themselves, 10 out of 12 women who had shared stated that they would.

Still one shouldn’t forget that women also donate for financial gain, to learn about their own fertility, to compensate for a terminated pregnancy, or to gain knowledge about the technology.

The above mentioned evidence points to the fact that egg sharing motivation is clearly multidimensional. It shows that egg sharers’ motivations are in many cases supported by altruistic feelings but the fact that a lot of egg sharers would drop out if they couldn’t access funding shows that the treatment benefits are of huge importance as well.

A recent study found that donors who undergo the procedure primarily to earn money face a higher risk of postdonaton regret and psychological problems than women who donate primarily to help other women. Some critics of egg donation argue that paying donors large sums of money to donate eggs may coerce women in financial need to undergo the procedure. These donors, eager to pay off debts such as educational loans, may not adequately weigh the risks of donation and may not be able to give fully informed consent.

Appropriate Compensation

While some newspaper ads offer as much as $100,000 for egg donors with specific "desirable" characteristics, an average egg donor receives much less. The ASRM has suggested that compensation should "reflect the time, inconvenience, and physical and emotional demands associated with the oocyte donation process" and suggests a payment limit of 5,500 – 12.000 EU for one true."

Critics of a payment cap argue that the physical risk involved in egg donation is justification for high payment rates. However, because high payment can prevent women from making fully unbiased decisions about the process, a provisional payment cap may be a solution. In the event of complications from donation, women would receive a substantially higher payment than normal.

Health Insurance

All donors, whether receiving compensation or not, should ensure that they have health insurance coverage. If a donor already has insurance when beginning ovarian hyper stimulation, she should arrange for the recipient couple to cover any medical costs such as deductibles or co-payments in the event of complications. If a donor does not have health insurance at the time of donation, the recipient couple should pay for the cost of a policy. Recipient couples should be responsible for the health care of their donors regardless of whether healthy eggs are eventually retrieved. due to complications occuring during or after surgery.