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[i_amthecosmos]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Eggs aren't organs, but I wish now I would've sold the fuckers when I was younger and more fertile. I could've made enough to travel. You can get a lot of money for eggs. And anyway, I wasn't using them.

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[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

They pay for eggs?

How painful is getting rid of the buggers?

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

It's surgery. And first you have to be considered a good DNA donation candidate by some yuppie childless couple willing who be getting your eggs.

I might not have passed genetic muster, unless I hid my mental issues long enough to get a payout. Also, my mother would have freaked if I had voluntary surgery for cash.

[arseaboutface.livejournal.com]

I so wish I could donate my eggs, but my family has a history ofsome nasty things (alcoholism, mental health issues, asthma, allergies) and my dad was adopted, so that's probably not going to happen. Still, the idea of being able to make such a huge dent in my student debt all at once makes me weep a little.

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

My family history has a lot of the first two as well. I guess if they're paying, they want perfect spawn. They are overlooking the joys of a family full of crazy people! (Hey, my family is close and really funny. We have to be.)

[arseaboutface.livejournal.com]

Mine too! Close and really funny, I mean. Also a little manic when we're all in the same room. My poor fiance, who comes from fairly sedate stock, always seems a little overwhelmed.

[firelily.livejournal.com]

I've heard that's super painful. So as much as I'd love the money, I'll keep the huge-ass needles AWAY from my ovaries, thank you.

Also, my friend tried to do that, and she's always been in shape and is super smart and seems like an ideal candidate to donate, but she totally got rejected. I guess they're really picky about whose eggs they take. Hah, yeah, I'd get the boot as soon as I walked in the door. Bad eyesight, overweight, family history of heart disease on both sides?? They'd probably laugh at me.

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I'd never make it either.

But if I had had $7,000 in 1992! That's what I made a year back then! I could've run away to the Pacific Northwest.

[firelily.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, take me with you! hehehe. I love the west coast. One day...

[sic-gurrl.livejournal.com]

hm. That kinda gives me an idea. :/ I could probably get at least another years worth of "work". .. Not sure morally if I'd be allowed to do that though! Bummer. :(