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[quote=Anonymous]I did a frozen egg add on to an IVF cycle.

Ultimately I went with my gut. The first profile I read was the one!  I forced myself to read others to be sure.  I put most weight on the personal statements which admittedly is more of a gestalt feel.  I excluded anyone who looked nothing like me.  Checked the family history.   Education level ended up being less  important than I would have thought a priori but I did look for signs of intelligence.  (I recall another profile where the person needed tutoring to achieve a 3.3 whereas the one I ultimately choose said she could have skipped a great and was top of her class in vocational school.)  I did sort by height because there were a lot a really short women,  but short wouldn't have been an exclusion criteria if everything else was good.

After I selected I did find out that there was a live birth with her eggs.  Also she is willing to be contacted by my child when they turn 18.

I did worry about exploitation (I read a mix of egg donor experiences both positive and negative before deciding) - I felt the person I chose might be at higher risk than some other profiles but the feeling that she was the right person was so overwhelming that I still went with her.

I can only hope that the process was positive for her.  If you use a fresh egg donor there is more of an ability to control the process (including the ethics) but that wasn't an option for me.

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