So I was just reading about egg donation etc and there is a place in London that actually pays you like 750pounds for donating your eggs! I thought you could only do that kind of thing for free, out of kindness!
I totally want to do it! I mean, 750pounds for taking a few medical tests and taking a few pills for a few weeks is free money.
I'm healthy and I would pass all the medical tests, I regularly get blood drawn and my hormones are fine, ovaries are completely healthy however there are two problems that I think might make it not possible for me to donate.
First of all, I have hypothyroidism, the autoimmune disease-related one, which is called Hashimoto's disease. Are people with autoimmune diseases excluded? It is inheritable but a relatively common disease and of course I'm taking medication for it and my hormone levels are completely normal.
I know they also need about three generations worth of medical history, now all three generations of my family on both sides were pretty healthy and lived very long lives, good genes in the family. However do they actually require you to give them medical papers about the past three generations of your family? I mean that would basically mean NO ONE could donate eggs because I am sure no one holds extensive medical records of their great-grand mother so it sounds rather unreasonable and pointless, I mean women don't think about their family genetics several generations back when they decide they want kids.
So am I automatically excluded for my condition + lack of proof of family history? Does anyone know more about how this actually works?