Coming for Egg Donation in South Africa

Many people are coming for egg donation in South Africa from abroad because of the cost effectiveness of egg donation IVF/ affordable egg donation in South Africa.

For recipients who have had this experience or starting the path or want to share thoughts, experiences, concerns, please post.

Thank you!

Learning that You are Pregnant

Any one going through IVf experiences knows that the waiting is excruiting. Build up to the egg retrieval is an anxious yet exciting process. Every day you phone the lab after your eggs have been retrieved (be they your or donor eggs - they are still yours) at least you can check progress and confirm your news for the 5 days following retrieval.

Then when the embryos are put back - you have to wait 12 days to verify whether you are pregnant.

Even surrogates are so anxious during the 2ww.

Share your experiences of awaiting pregnant test results during IVF egg donation or IVF surrogacy.

IVF Experiences

Share your experiences of IVF:

• How many have you had?
• How far apart where they from one another?
• Have you had successes?
• Do you have a limit?
• How many times would you advise people proceed to do IVF?
• Is it affordable for you?
• Are there different feelings in your household about the IVF procedure?
• How do you survive the 2ww?

Medical Aid for Fertility Treatment

This is becoming a really hot and topical issue, not to mention expensive and sensitive point.

Whilst medical aids cover what is considered medical treatment, fertility treatment does not fall into this category.

Yet the ability to procreate is natural and if there is a medical inability to conceive naturally, the only alternative is to consider adoption or fertility treatment. People elect one of these options on personal reasons and as we are all individuals - we certainly have the right to elect just which option is more suited.

How do we go about getting South African medical aids to pay for fertility treatment?

In the UK, I believe government pays for one IVF per year.

Imagine the difference that would make for so many people - if the South African government or medical aids or a commissioned body would pay for one IVF per annum, even one IVF every two years, even contribute half of an IVF cost per annum?

How do we get a movement on this issue? How do we help people who desperately want babies to conceive but cannot because they cant afford fertility treatment?

baby2mom supports and understands the need and emotion around desperately wanting a baby and is committed to helping this cause.

Contraceptives for Egg Donors

Donors and coming off contraceptives

What do egg donors use as contraceptives when they have to come off the pill?

• Do you use condoms?
• Abstain?
• Have a loop inserted?
• Where you never on contraceptives?

If you are interested in becoming an egg donor, please visit www.baby2mom.co.za

Surrogacy from the Perspective of the IP

There is much documented about surrogacy from the perspective of the surrogate, yet not much about the feelings of the IP.

Please share thoughts and feelings on your experience as an IP:

• Meeting the surrogate initially
• What to do to ensure all follows smoothly
• Signing the contract
• The adoption process - there is not much noted about this in South Africa, so some personal experience would be great.
• How you feel with another lady carrying your baby
• How does the man in the process feel
• Any thing esle to help feelo IP's would be great

If you are need of a surrogate, please visit www.baby2mom.co.za

Egg Donation

What is the experience of egg donors?

Initial application form
Getting initial information
Interview
Bloods
Physical scan?
Actual fertility treatment
Egg retrieval

Where you emotional?
Was the experience positive?
Will you donate again? Any why?
Any thing else?

Interested in becoming an egg donor, please visit www.baby2mom.co.za

Surrogates

Im looking for public feedback from surrogates about your experience as a surrogate.

Please provide your thoughts on the entire experience:

• Meeting with the IP's
• Negotiating the donation
• Negotiating any thing else
• Taking the meds
• Waiting the 2 weeks
• Doing the pregnancy test
• Handing over the baby

I welcome your thoughts, comments and posts please.

Thanks!

Visit www.baby2mom.co.za if you are interested in becoming a surrogate.

Introduction

baby2mom was started in 2007 in an attempt to assist couples battling with fertility treatment. It is a very emotionally challenging aspect to ask for such intimate help from an egg donor or from a surrogate. baby2mom applauds and blesses all persons who may be interested in becoming an egg donor or becoming a surrogate. You are an angel and can make dreams come true. Because of you, some one can be told if because of the generous and kind help of a special being, you have a chance of becoming pregnant and fulfiling your family and wishes. This site is dedicated to helping people in need.

The baby2mom blog has been created to create conversation between people anonymously - in need of egg donors, in need of surrogates, wanting to be an eg donor or wanting to be a surrogate.

Visit www.baby2mom.co.za for all this detail.