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At the time, donating her eggs to an infertile couple seemed like the perfect solution for Marilyn Drake's money troubles. A single donation helped her finance her divorce. Then she did it four more times over the course of two years, as she struggled to raise two children on her own.
In 2004, having remarried, Drake began trying for baby No. 3. She tried for three years, with no luck. At 30, she was diagnosed with premature menopause and, in an odd twist of fate, had to undergo fertility treatment to have her third child. It struck her as particularly curious, since her identical twin sister never had any fertility problems.
"At the time, I was told it wouldn't affect my health or fertility," says Drake, 32, of Lebanon, Ore., referring to her egg donation.
Doctors say there is no biological reason that donating eggs would cause infertility, but they also cannot say for sure that it doesn't. The long-term health effects of egg donation have never actually been studied, in large part because the high cost of studies doesn't...
In 2004, having remarried, Drake began trying for baby No. 3. She tried for three years, with no luck. At 30, she was diagnosed with premature menopause and, in an odd twist of fate, had to undergo fertility treatment to have her third child. It struck her as particularly curious, since her identical twin sister never had any fertility problems.
"At the time, I was told it wouldn't affect my health or fertility," says Drake, 32, of Lebanon, Ore., referring to her egg donation.
Doctors say there is no biological reason that donating eggs would cause infertility, but they also cannot say for sure that it doesn't. The long-term health effects of egg donation have never actually been studied, in large part because the high cost of studies doesn't...