$3B Fertility Industry the Wild West of U.S. Medicine
By Justine Griffin,
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
| 05. 25. 2014
Editor's note: Inspired to act by a childhood loss, Sarasota Herald-Tribune staff writer Justine Griffin became an egg donor and eventually helped a couple in Ireland have a baby. This is an excerpt of her story and tough lessons she learned about a donor's worth once her contract was fulfilled. To read the entire version of Griffin's story and watch a video diary of her journey, go to costoflife.heraldtribune.com. Griffin donated her eggs for personal reasons, not as a Halifax Media Group employee. All doctors and agency staff were aware she was writing the story.
I have always been the wimp in my family, the first to cry or complain at any sign of pain or discomfort.
My parents and younger brother have taken great pleasure in re-enacting all my greatest "near-death" experiences and illnesses at the dinner table over the years. Like the time I fell off the back of a golf cart and was convinced I'd broken my collar bone. (I didn't.)
Or the time I thought I had meningitis. (It was just a cold.)
So the idea...
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