Facts, insights and opinions about egg donors, surrogates, and intended parents.
It was a shock to learn that “Octo Mom” got pregnant with all those babies through IVF (in vitro fertilization) rather than just IUI (intrauterine insemination): what doctor would transfer all those embryos? Unfortunately, there are a few unethical doctors out there who make the industry look like a freak show.
An excellent article in ...
Saturday's feature of Northeast Assisted Fertility Group's egg donation program on CBS' The Early Show ("As Economy Falls, Egg Donations Rise") was not unlike other coverage we've seen about the "surge" in egg donation... the faltering economy compels more and more young women to consider becoming egg donors - and as the manager ...
Katherine Benardo, director of the egg donation program at Northeast Assisted Fertility Group, will be among the panelists on CBS' Early Show this Saturday morning. There will also be an egg donor candidate and a doctor (Dr. Zeke Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) for the panel discussion, which will be ...
NAFG President Sanford Benardo will be participating in a "Donor Egg Decision Making Seminar" sponsored by the Baystate Chapter of Resolve. It will take place at the Children's Hospital in Waltham, MA on Saturday, February 7 from 9:30 AM to 5 PM.
Sanford will speak on "Finding a Donor and the Legal Issues ...
"If you're motivated you can do a wonderful thing and help somebody and help yourself at the same time, but do not think that this is a ...
This time it’s in the Boston Herald. Sanford Benardo is quoted:
"Benardo said the egg donation and surrogacy agency has seen applications from potential egg donors double -- the [egg donation] agency pays female donors a flat rate of $10,000 after a woman’s eggs are retrieved."
Now that our database has grown to include about 80 egg donor candidates, we have made it much easier to navigate and search information.
Recipients can always view all the egg donors at once (organized with the most recent additions on top), but now they can also search by criteria: location, eye color, hair color ...
I have praised Dr. Gupta on the blog before ["Egg Donation and the Economy", October 28] as the only journalist to point out the biggest flaw in the “egg donor surge” story: most women who apply for egg donation, about 9 out of 10, do not qualify.
He was able to get the story right ...
CNN video: "Egg Donors on the Rise" - click the "Play" button below to watch:
