I was almost an egg donor for a couple but they nixed me because I don't have blue eyes (I have hazel eyes). The reasoning was that the woman has blue eyes and the family would have reason to suspect they used a donor. Now, the ONLY reason that was important to them was to make it so they could reveal it when they…

no, she can't just get sperm anywhere. Single women using fertility clinics are doing so because of the benefits they provide. First, there are clear legal regulations in place that mean that the woman is the mother and the sperm donor will have no legal right/responsibilities to the child. That is very attractive.…

I know you said you don't have the energy to get into the political/social stuff, but do you have a link so I can read something similar to your thoughts?

I just bought a white coat for starting med school (Yeah!) and my sister went with me to buy it. It's awesome. We played "Say Yes to the White Coat".

The first place I lived in after I moved out had an always-revolving group of roommates. Most were lovely, but the there was this one guy. We put an ad up about a vacancy and when he called, I answered the phone. There was something about him that immediately creeped me out, and I lied and said it was already rented.…

ok , I know there are political implivations, security implications, etc., but there us a "reservoir"? How big a reservoir are we talking? Do you have to go and get a refill every month anyways? The logistics need to be explained to he more. Still, not forgetting would be nice for some .

I don't know, though. I shave my body hair, my boyfriend shaves his facial hair. As near as I can tell, we spend about the same amount of time per week shaving. I don't know if this is true inequality.

I live in northern Canada, and we do see moose pretty frequently but yeah, they really are big.

I don't have a lululemon running skirt but I LOVE my icebreaker one. The best double duty it recently performed was when I took it to south africa. It was my running bottoms, and also doubled as a skirt for wearing out to dinner. Awesome. I wouldn't usually wear it to run in, but the functionality there was great. And…

You've headed down the rabbit hole. I have been playing MaBimbo (it's in french, so I justify it by saying I'm keeping up my language skills) for....6 years? 7? Gah. But my bimbo is HOT.

And it still seems like it would be a lot to ask of a donor who would be making no money.

That's a good suggestion. I guess I wonder how easy it would be to put into practice.

You can arrange the medical screening on your own (HIV for example), but a lot of clinics require that the sperm stay frozen for 6 months, when they get another negative HIV test. Then they use it to inseminate.

You put that in harsher terms than I would have, but I do feel the same way. At the same time, in the infertility community, every decision is SO fraught with emotion and other considerations that I have to respect someone's choice if they choose to use anonymous donor material.

Not necessarily. If I was an egg donor at age 25, there would be no way to inform them if I, say, developed Huntington's disease at age 40 (or another condition- like breast cancer or hemochromatosis)

Canadians are now purchasing frozen eggs from the US too. I'm a Canadian egg donor and could not be paid anything, except have my expenses reimbursed.

I'm an egg donor, and I know all the people who I helped and all the babies I helped create. They will know I'm not their mother, but there will also be no secrets. I also don't have to worry about my nieces marrying their genetic cousin, because they will also know.

I am about to start medical school in august, and I'm also someone who has dealt with chronic pain. One of the first docs I saw about my pain told me it was "in my head"... I had just finished an ironman triathlon and I KNOW my body really really well. I am not probe to depression but that made me come really close…

But really, doesn't this come down to reproductive choice? Someone else deciding your own reproduction isn't something I can get on board with.

I start med school in the fall. I've seen some scary things as a medic, but the stories my doctor friends tell me are still, well, something.