Would you sell your eggs for $7000?

[trof]

To a fertility clinic?
In a heartbeat.
In a New York minute.
If I had any.
;-)

Just now on CBS news.
New cottage industry for female college students.

[skygazer]

1. I've got almost a dozen in the frig

Does it matter if they've been refrigerated? And do they have a preference between white and brown? :P

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. women have to be careful with that...

I've heard cases where the doc screws up and the woman is unable to have children of her own in the future. The $7000 would come in handy right now but despite the fact I don't really want kids, I'd still like to keep that window open.

[Book Lover]

3. Bring the price up to a million and maybe we'll talk

Or maybe, just maybe, one can get over the pregnancy fetish and adopt a child who needs parents.

[trof]

18. Good point. About adoption.

[Bunny]

4. When I was 21, and broke, I'd have done it in no time flat.

Now that I'm older, but still broke, I'm not really sure. I think I would always wonder if there was a child out there that was 1/2 me. :shrug:

[Misunderestimator]

8. That's pretty much my answer as well...

plus the added risk of the procedure... probably not worth it.

[trof]

14. Hadn't thought about that.

Hard to say if I'd lose any sleep, not being the the position, so to speak.
:shrug:

[Bucky]

5. I assumed when I read your "in a minute" line that you were a guy

Am I right?

[trof]

13. Natch.

The "if I had any".

[momophile]

6. Yes I would. But they wouldn't take them - I'm sure. Plus,

isn't it supposed to hurt??

[Momgonepostal]

7. As a college student probably not

but if anyone wanted them now that I'm done having kids, I would. At 37 though, I doubt there'd be as big of a market.

[Southsideirish]

9. Is it true that Ivy Leaguer's get up wards of $100,000.00 for theirs?

I heard if you are the adorable blue eyed blonde with top grades - that's the going rate.

[xmas74]

20. I can produce adorable blue eyed blonde curly haired children.

I have one whose expected to be quite tall, is very athletic and is very intelligent. Wonder if they'd look at my offspring and up the price for me?

[LeftyMom]

10. No.

I wound't be able to stand the thought that there were kids of mine out there and that I'd never know if they needed me. Also I'd like to keep my options open on having another kid someday and the precedure can ruin an ovary.

edit: I'd do it for my sister or my best friend though. I've already offered to do surroagacy for my best friend if she ever needs it, as she's having a hard time concieving- she really wants to experience being pregnant though so I doubt she'd ever take me up on it.

[texanwitch]

11. Just $7000, that's to cheap. I know someone who donated eggs to her

sister, it wasn't a lot of fun.

[Nikia]

12. One of my friends did

She said that they gave her some kind of hormones, which made her sick before extracting her eggs which was painful. At the time, she thought that it would be a good way to make money. After doing it once though, she said that she wouldn't do it again.

[RebelOne]

15. Yup, in a heartbeat if I had any.

I have been through the menopause many years ago. But if I were younger, you can bet I would sell them. I mean, after every monthly cycle they are gone anyway.

[AlienGirl]

16. No, I have too many potentially heritable problems

Depression/anxiety, allergies, family history of autoimmune disorders just waiting to pounce on me, early cancer with no risk factors...I wouldn't knowingly spread that around anymore, mostly because of the cancer whammy. Plus I'm short and asymmetrical, so nobody would want my eggs anyway.

Tucker

[miss_american_pie]

17. No

I could surrogate for someone I know, but I couldn't sell my eggs.

[Deja Q]

19. The ones I've got in the fridge; expiration date 04/02/06?

They were $1.18 for a dozen... their value surely has not gone up?

:hide:

[Ariana Celeste]

21. No... I don't think I could.

As far as I'm concerned, there are way too many children out there that need parents. I won't even have more then one of my own, and after that I'm done.

I would be more than happy to sell them or donate them for science, though. :)

[devilgrrl]

22. Why only college age women?

What, your eggs go bad after a certain age?

[LeftyMom]

23. As you get older the eggs are more likely to fail

and any resulting children are more likely to have downs syndrome and a few other diseases. Since women with infertility issues generally have high risk pregnancies anyhow donor eggs from very young women are prefered. Gestational surrogates (women who carry a baby for a couple but do not contribute any genetic material) are generally prefered to be a bit older and with at least one child of thier own.

[devilgrrl]

25. Thank you for explaining that...

you learn something new everyday. :-)

[Left Is Write]

28. To put it simply, yes. Age degrades them.

Although I'd assume eggs in their twenties are just as good as 19-year-old eggs.

[Guava Jelly]

24. heck i'd sell my Sperm for a cup of coffee

Of course who would want a bunch of gopsux's running around createn havoc

[Deja Q]

26. I can't even give mine away!

:spray::rofl:

[Left Is Write]

27. No way, no how, no. Just no.

I'm too old anyway. They don't want 40-year-old eggs.

[MissB]

29. I would've.

Alas, I fear I'm over the targeted age.

I did produce some damned cute kids, though.

[AccessGranted]

30. Heck Yeah, But Mine Are Probably Boiled or Scrambled Now

But if I was young I would sell them. Hehe!

[pitohui]

31. no it isn't worth it not like donating sperm

your hormones are pretty much effed up forever and you're left w. a higher risk of cancer etc

not worth any pee-picking $7K and believe me there are times when i could have used the money but it will end up costing you much more in the long run when you're older because of the health effects

[NMMNG]

32. Heck yes

I'm not doing anything with them. :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

33. Oh, hell yeah!!!

Where do I sign up? I could sure use that money.