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There\u2019s (almost always) no time like the present\u2026 And the same holds true for egg donation.<\/p>\n
Nurture donors are required to be between the ages of 19 and 29 \u2013 and there\u2019s a very good reason for this age limit!<\/p>\n
A woman is born with a set amount of potential eggs \u2013 around 2 million. Each month, our body preps a certain amount of these egg follicles for ovulation (estimated by doctors to be upwards of 1000 per month) \u2013 but (usually) only one egg takes centre stage and is released from the ovary.<\/p>\n
This egg is the superstar of that month\u2019s batch \u2013 basically the Beyonce of your ovaries. It\u2019s the one that the body decides has the best chance of being fertilised, becoming an embryo and then a happy, healthy baby.<\/p>\n
The rest of the unused follicles are reabsorbed by the body and lost \u2013 unless you give them a boost with fertility medications to help bring them to maturity.<\/p>\n
However, as you age, two things start to happen: The number of follicles that your body loses each month accelerates, and the body\u2019s stockpile of superstar eggs starts to decline.<\/p>\n
That essentially means that a woman loses more eggs each month and has a higher chance of releasing an egg that is chromosomally abnormal \u2013 which could cause things such as Down syndrome or Cystic Fibrosis.<\/p>\n
Starting around age 32, a woman\u2019s chances of falling pregnant each month start to decline. And, at age 35, that monthly decline starts becoming steeper. That doesn\u2019t mean that as soon as you pop the bubbly on your 35th<\/sup> birthday you won\u2019t be able to get pregnant \u2013 just that it won\u2019t necessarily be as \u2018easy\u2019 as it could have been in your 20s.<\/p>\n (This is where we remind you again that fertility is different for every woman, every time!)<\/p>\n In a nutshell, you\u2019ll be producing the highest number of \u2018quality\u2019 eggs before you\u2019re 30 \u2013 which is music to ears of the intended parents looking for a donor!<\/p>\n So, what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s (almost always) no time like the present\u2026 And the same holds true for egg donation. Nurture donors are required to be between the ages of 19 and 29 \u2013 and there\u2019s a very good reason for this age limit! A woman is born with a set amount of potential eggs \u2013 around 2 million.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,18,101,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n