Egg donor blog

I am currently researching whether I want to start donating my eggs. I have 2 concerns. First, the self-injecting. I’m just not good at doing uncomfortable things to my own self. I can’t even put eye drops in my eyes. However, I have a friend that has offered to do it for me. So problem solved there. 2nd…my time. I have a full time job that does not offer a whole lot of paid time off. Looking at many sites related to the egg donating process, I know that there are many AM appointments. How often are they? Daily? Weekly? Is there ever an option for late afternoon appointments? I really want to do this, but don’t see it working if morning appointments are all that are available. If I can increase the likelihood that I won’t miss days of work, this may be do-able though.

Can’t do eye drops?  Mmmmm, injections are gonna be tough.  Like, tough.

If you have a friend who will do them for you, then you’ve got a good friend and more power to both of you!  HOWEVER, the injections will make or break this process, and should your friend not be available for every single injection, it’s game over. The injections are done every night of the cycle, start to finish, and they must be administered at the same time every night.

You are taking a pretty big gamble if there is no chance you’ll be giving yourself the injections.  But that’s up to you, completely; you know your situation, I do not.

With regard to work, it’ll be tough if your job is inflexible.  Your chances of success are extraordinary if you sit down with your HR department or boss and explain that you have a medical ‘thing’ going on and you’ll need some leway with doctor’s appointments that are upcoming and top-priority.  There’s no harm in laying it out there, you won’t even need to go into specifics.  That said, you will need quite a bit of time away from your office.  While most doctor’s offices do have 7:30am appointments, most doctors don’t arrive until 8 and you aren’t seen until 8:30, sometimes.  I never got to the office before 8:45/9 on any given day of a doctor’s visit.  And there are few, if any, offices which would have after-work appointments.  I was at the doctor every morning during the last week of all of my cycles because I ran the risk of overstimulating, and the doctors wanted to keep a very close watch on my ovaries and estrogen. And once you have your retrieval, you should be out of commission for several days to give your body time to heal.  I took one week off of work each time–I took two days off for my first cycle and ended up calling my office and telling my boss I’d need the whole week.

Not everyone can make this work.  It’s a committment and you have to make it a top-priority.  Not doing so could jeopardize the entire process and then what, you know?  Just make sure you have this 100% figured out before you sign on the dotted line.  It’s very doable, just make sure you have a solid game plan going in.  Good luck!!