interested in EGG donation?

Become an Egg Donor with POMA Fertility

Egg donation provides the opportunity of parenthood to our patients who may otherwise not be able to achieve their family building goals.

Prospective Egg Donors must meet specific medical, genetic and lifestyle criteria to be accepted into our POMA Egg Donor Program.

These requirements are set to protect the well-being of the donors, provide intended parents with optimized conception outcomes, and help ensure the health of any children born from the donation.

Apply to be a donor

Qualifications:

Requirements for becoming an
Egg Donor include:

Between the ages of 21 and 32

Has a BMI between 18 and 30

Has a minimum of a high school diploma or GED

Does not use nicotine products and does not do recreational drugs

Available for office visits between 7-9AM during the week

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I apply?

To begin the application process, prospective egg donors must first complete a Prescreeen Application. If you pass the initial screening, you will be guided to complete the full donor questionnaire.

You can find the Prescreen Application here: Apply to be a donor

What are the benefits of becoming an egg donor?
  • Compensation for completing a cycle begins at $7,000
  • Free medical care that includes information about your own fertility and genetic screening that not only benefits you but others in your family
  • Knowing that you are doing something truly amazing by helping those see their dreams of a family become possible.
  • Referral bonus of $500 for referring a friend who completes a cycle with Poma
Will donating my eggs harm my future ability to have children?

By the time you arrive at puberty, you have about 400,000 eggs.  Each month, the body recruits a single egg from this month’s antral follicles to mature.  The remaining eggs experience atresia and are no longer available.  With egg donation, you take medication to help mature most of this month’s follicles – thus having a purpose for the eggs that would have otherwise been normally lost to you.  There is no evidence that Egg Donation has any effect on future fertility or timing of menopause.

Who can be an egg donor at POMA Fertility?
  • Between the ages of 21-32
  • Has a BMI between 18 and 30
  • Has a minimum of a high school diploma or GED
  • Does not use nicotine products and does not do recreational drugs
  • Available for office visits between 7-9AM during the week
  • Birth control method that is not Depo Provera (injection) or Implanon (implants)
Can I be on birth control while being an egg donor?

Yes. You can become an egg donor at any time if you currently use any form of oral contraception, vaginal ring or have an IUD. If you have an arm implant or have had an injection recently, a member of our team will discuss specific next steps with you in regards to your eligibility for egg donation.

Meet the Director of the Donor Program

Linda Alexander graduated with her master’s as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of California, San Francisco, and later went on to another Master’s Program and graduated with her Certified Nurse of Midwifery from the Frontier School of Midwifery in 1995. She has published a chapter in High-Risk Obstetrics in Comprehensive Maternity Nursing (Lippincott) and has been an active Mentor for both Nurse Practitioners and Midwives over the years. Linda’s passion for Fertility care stems from her own fertility journey and knowing firsthand what longing for a child feels like. She began performing IUI’s starting in 1989.  Linda left the world of delivering babies night and day in 2007 and entered the profession of Reproductive Medicine and the Specialty of Third-Party Fertility full time. Here, Linda found great joy in assisting those desiring a family either through Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogates, or receiving Donated Embryos. She has established personal relationships with all the hand-selected POMA Egg donors, thus enabling her to enhance her matching skills.  One of Linda’s greatest passions is supporting same-sex couples and individuals through their journey.

In Linda’s spare time, she has become an accomplished cake designer- winning awards and was even invited to appear on the Food Network, which she quickly declined.  As with assisting those seeking Fertility treatment, being rushed, timed, and judged are not qualities she is fond of, instead putting much care, thoughtful attention, and detail into the creation is what results in the desired result.  Linda also equally enjoys spoiling her six grandbabies that are scattered across the country when she can. “I think I have earned a Ph.D. in that role”.