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The truth about egg donation: you may think giving some of your eggs to an infertile couple is a simple, selfless thing to do. But the procedure poses risks.(REAL-LIFE READS)

Cosmopolitan

| March 01, 2006 | Booth, Stephanie | COPYRIGHT 2006 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Chances are, you've come across egg donation ads online and in the back of some magazines and college newspapers. You know the ones: They feature heart-wrenching headlines about what a "beautiful experience" donation is and how you'll be "making motherhood possible" for an infertile woman. They also mention a generous-sounding compensation, usually $3,000 to $8,000 per donor cycle--the time period during which your body produces the eggs. If you've been struggling to make ends meet and your biological clock has yet to start ticking, it's tough not to have your curiosity piqued by these offers.

But there's a lot more to egg donation than what those ads let on. ...

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