Life Donation...

A PHYSICAL and gynaecological exam, blood and urine tests, psychological evaluation, family medical history - all this is needed for you to make a donation.

You’ve seen the adverts around campus and in the paper, “become an egg donor”.

It looks like an easy way to get a bit of money, but be warned the donation process has its own medical bills.

To help you make an informed decision, let’s give you a bit of information.

Never mind the medical bills, there are serious requirements for “donorship”. You need special qualities, such as above-average height, athletic or musical ability, a prodigy lineage of education and have other added benefits.

You must know your family medical history if you don’t well you should not become an egg donor.

You are not eligible to donate eggs if, within the last year, you have been diagnosed with syphilis or if you have received acupuncture, a tattoo or body piercing without being certain that procedures were sterile.

If you have had more than one sexual partner in the last six months, you are not eligible to donate eggs. Your sexual partner(s), if any, may be required to be tested for HIV and yes you too.

There is no assurance of a donation occurring unless you are accepted, matched with a couple who will receive your eggs.

One would think that donation is a simple process of I give and hey I will receive he blessings later. Well here is the giving process, first, you will take a series of fertility drugs these you inject to you daily for three weeks.

Yes you become a drug users like you’ve always wanted to be, but you need to find muscle to inject this drug.

So, do you still think it’s a quick way to make a buck?

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