Any woman who has a desire to donate some of her genetic material to assist a family in need is a generous one. However, there are qualifications to become an egg donor. The journey of conceiving through IVF treatment can be somewhat fragile at times.
In a process that can be costly, intended parents need to set themselves up for the best chances at success possible. This requires a very healthy, young donor who can offer them a good egg yield and hopefully high quality embryos.
So what does it take to become a donor? Here’s a guide on egg donor qualification and what to consider as you apply:
1. Age, Against the Machine
Age is one of the most important qualifiers on our top 5 list for egg donor qualification. The truth is, as a woman ages so do her ovaries. Over the years a woman’s resting follicles will lessen. This doesn’t make her infertile, but it does create potentially less eggs for IVF treatment.
The quality of eggs changes as well as a woman ages. Aging ovaries are part of the beautiful cycle a woman’s anatomy as she grows and changes into maturity. However, for the purposes of donating, we accept donors between the ages of 20-30.
The biological clock of a woman sometimes creates a bit of a race against it. We are here to gay couples and heterosexual couples. We are here to help women who chose to fulfill a major career, wanted children later in life, or can’t get pregnant for whatever reason.
2. BMI, A Major Egg Donor Qualification
A health BMI (body mass index) is another important qualifier. Egg donors should be healthy, and their weight should be within a normal range based on what their height is. Donors that are overweight often don’t produce the egg yields that a set of intended parents might need while trying to conceive through iVF.
All women of all shapes and sizes are beautiful, and in this process beauty truly is in the eye of the intended parent or beholder. However, the clinical studies show that overweight women do not offer donations that are as quality or viable as those with a normal height/weight ratio.
3. Health History
A thorough family health history is part of every egg donor profile here at Elevate. A clean health history is an important egg donor qualification. Because the couples going through IVF cycles have already experienced some health issues with fertility, they want to ensure they are setting their future offspring up for health and success.
Now, every donor will most like have some sort of challenging health aspect in their extended family tree. Perhaps an aunt died of cancer or an uncle had some mental health issues. That is okay! We work closely with our genetic counselor to discuss and asses what genes are and are not passed on.
Intended parents are informed of your full health history, and it’s up to them to decide if the match should move forward. If there is a strong line in your family of a certain health issue and the parents who want to enlist you as their donor also have that same line of health history, perhaps they will go with a donor without it. Regardless, you will find the perfect fit.
Transparency is a beautiful thing, and is another egg donor qualification. We offer parents allwe can so they can make sound decisions for their future children.
4. Non-Artificial Intelligence
We love the real deal here at Elevate. Yes, school smarts are important. When couples consider donors, they take a good hard look at the donor’s schooling history and test scores. In a process where people can choose certain things in a donor, they often do.
Many like to create a platform for a child to have a sharp mind and a drive to accomplish great things or move and shake the world. A great setup for many parents is using a donor who has good test scores and is actively engaged in school or have a degree.
Ivy League degrees garner higher compensation rates (and quite frankly, they should do so to help the donor potentially pay down those steep student loans).
However, we also prize social intelligence. In our consults we can quickly learn about the personality of a donor. This goes a long way as we are able to form opinions and write our own blurb about your wonderful self to share with intended parents. As much as intended parents want an accomplished donor, they also love knowing many of our Elevate donors are the kind of fabulous women we love to have a coffee or glass of wine with.
5. Altruistic Aces
Perhaps there are a plethora of reasons you want to donate. That is understandable, as the perks of donating are many. However, one of the biggest egg donor qualification factors are donors with altruistic motives.
At Elevate, we love and prize a donor who’s first priority is to perform a selfless, incomparable act to help other humans on their journey to have a family. We can’t tell you what it means to couples like them who can’t conceive without the help of a generous woman like yourself.
In your application we offer you a time and place to state why you’d like to become a donor. Intended parents love to read these sections and to understand who the donor is and where she is coming from.
An altruistic motive is a great egg donor qualification.
Simply The Best
Elevate donors are rigorously screened. We verify things like test scores and your current education. We are inquisitive about your health history just so we can provide all of the necessary statistics to intended parents.
We receive many submissions at Elevate, and as we carefully comb through the applications- it’s important that you know that we are rooting for you! We want to match any qualified donor who is eager to donate. Because of the strict ASRM guidelines, unfortunately not all will be admitted to do so.
When you are ready for the best experience as you help others do what they can’t on their own, send in your application and a few photos of yourself today.
Let us tailor the journey to you and ensure you are comfortable, satisfied, cared for and compensated well.
Elevate Egg Donors and Surrogates will standby you every step of the way.
