Internet Resources for Egg Donors

An avid user of the Internet with an irrepressible Google reflex, I have naturally tried to rely on the Internet for information on egg donation. Which agencies out there are donor-friendly? What are the most common medical protocols for donors? What really are the risks of egg donation? Before long, I found that Internet resources specifically targeted towards donors are hard to come by. Other than the websites of donor agencies, which primarily serve as marketing tools and frequently display a commercial bias, there seem to be barely any websites devoted to donor issues. 

So where does a donor go to obtain unbiased authoritative information on egg donation?

I have come to rely on www.fertilethoughts.com for user-generated information on protocols, the injections, and other medical aspects of fertility treatment. Greateggs.com provides an attempt to rate agencies - though mostly the comments come from the IP rather than the donor perspective. And then there are a few great egg donor blogs. All in all, however, I have missed a central information platform where donors can obtain, generate, and share information on egg donation and their experiences with it. 

This blog is in part an attempt to redress this situation and to add to the information resources for both experienced donors and for those who try to decide whether ovum donation is for them. One of my next projects for this blog will therefore be to compile a number of links on egg donation with information I wish I had had when I first became a donor. Stay tuned and check the Donor Resources feature.