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Egg donors remain the center of gratitude and appreciation from Intended Parents wishing to have a child. Donors are typically given a financial compensation for satisfying their donor responsibilities.

The compensation amount ranges from agency to agency. The financial aspect rewards you for your time, effort and dedication and is typically generalized under the ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) guidelines.

Egg Donor Compensation Guidelines

• Financial compensation of women donating oocytes for infertility therapy or for research is justified on ethical grounds.
• Compensation should be structured to acknowledge the time, inconvenience, and discomfort associated with screening, ovarian stimulation, and oocyte retrieval. Compensation should not vary according to the planned use of the oocytes, the number or quality of oocytes retrieved the number or outcome of prior donation cycles, or the donor’s ethnic or other personal characteristics.
• Total payments to donors in excess of $5,000 require justification and sums above $10,000 are not appropriate.
• To discourage inappropriate decisions to donate oocytes, programs should adopt effective information disclosure and counseling processes. Donors independently recruited by prospective oocyte recipients or agencies should undergo the same disclosure and counseling process as donors recruited by the program.
• Oocyte-sharing programs should formulate and disclose clear policies on the eligibility criteria for participants and on how oocytes will be allocated, especially if a low number of oocytes or oocytes of varying quality are produced.
• Treating physicians owe the same duties to oocyte donors as to any other patients. Programs should ensure equitable and fair provision of services to donors.
• Programs should adopt and disclose policies regarding coverage of an oocyte donor’s medical costs should she experience complications from the procedure.

Egg donation is a self-sacrificing action. Most egg donors will contest that the financial reward is NOT the focal motivation, but rather the involvement in giving the miracle of life.

A woman may not be able to become an egg donor if STDs or certain abnormalities of the reproductive system are present.

Many egg donation programs prohibit smokers and those who are overweight. A woman that abuses drugs or alcohol, past or present, typically showcases a profile of previous medication use that modifies mental development, or a great deal of strain in her own personal life; involved in an unbalanced relationship or is not sufficiently able to understand the process of donating.

About 10 percent of women (6.1 million) in the United States ages 15-44 have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant (Source: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

In this case, typically a potential candidate is not accepted as an egg donor.

Additionally, certain inheritable conditions or traits, such as sickle cell anemia will not be able to become an egg donor.

You are prohibited from donating eggs if you have introduced your body to illegal drugs or been involved in any form of prostitution within the last three years, identified with syphilis or been the recipient of acupuncture, tattoo or body piercing without sterile procedures established. The program typically requires your sexual partner to be confirmed HIV negative.

The donation screening process of becoming an egg donor can be a lengthy, meticulous process. Papers must be signed acknowledging consent that you understand the process of donating eggs and the risks involved, compensation provided, and any legal rights that you will have accompanying a child being born with your donated eggs.

When the screening process is completed and you are approved to become an egg donor, the fertility clinic will start the recipient matching process. When a match is completed, the actual egg donation process starts.

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