Sharing Your Eggs: Step 1.) The Application Process
Sharing Your Eggs: Step 1.) The Application Process

So, you want to freeze your eggs for your future and you’re considering egg sharing? Completing the application process with Fertility United is the first step of your egg sharing journey.

In this post, the application process will be broken down and explained so that you know what to expect moving forward. During the application process, every question you have about egg sharing and egg freezing will be answered so that you can go into your match well informed, confident with your choice and empowered.

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10 Factors that Make for a Perfect Match When Sharing Your Eggs
10 Factors that Make for a Perfect Match When Sharing Your Eggs

Egg sharing can be a beautiful journey that brings dreams and visions to life. Just like our egg sharers, our wonderful recipients come to us with diverse backgrounds and histories, which is reflected in their preferences for a perfect match. If you desire to share and freeze your eggs, you may be wondering what factors may be considered by a recipient family during the matching process. The matching process can vary in length from days to years, and these are the top 10 factors that our recipients look for in a potential match.

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Can Widespread Egg-Freezing Drive Gender Equality in America?
Can Widespread Egg-Freezing Drive Gender Equality in America?

If you aren't hip to the many (and we mean, many) “National Day of” [insert literally any food, animal, activity, or color here] Calendar, then let us officially orient you to the wonderful day that is March 8, 2020. That's right— it's International Women's Day (IWD).

Did you know that the IWD mission for women's health is simple: to assist women to be in a position of power for making informed decisions about their health. Easy, right?

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How to Freeze Your Eggs When You're in School
How to Freeze Your Eggs When You're in School

Attending classes, writing papers, collaborating in groups, taking tests, giving presentations, socializing with friends… College is a whirlwind of activities, deadlines and the occasional party or two. It’s no surprise that egg freezing might slip your mind, but we are here to remind you that it is extremely beneficial to freeze your eggs when you are younger and this is possible even while you are in school! According to the American Society Reproductive Medicine, women's peak reproductive years are in their 20's. So why not be a boss babe and take control of your fertility while you are taking care of your degree. 

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Three Women, One Goal: Taking Control of their Fertility Future
Three Women, One Goal: Taking Control of their Fertility Future

Egg freezing. Have you heard of it? Celebrities in media aren’t the only ones freezing their eggs. Women who care about their future fertility all over the world have been putting eggs on ice in exponentially increasing numbers. The ability to freeze eggs is turning our society upside down by allowing women to focus on things other than dating and on their other goals, leveling the playing field (a little more) between men and women.

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5 Tips to Help Dominate Self-Injections when Going Through the Egg Freezing Process
5 Tips to Help Dominate Self-Injections when Going Through the Egg Freezing Process

As you embark on your egg sharing journey, one of the most important responsibilities you will have is the self-injection process. The medication you administer is what stimulates your ovaries to develop your precious eggs. Your physician will instruct you to inject yourself 1 to 3 times per day for about 8-12 days before your egg retrieval procedure. 

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