Egg Donation FAQ

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Egg donor compensation can have tax consequences, and the correct treatment depends on the payment documents, payer reporting, reimbursements, state law, and taxpayer facts. Keep records and review any 1099 with a qualified tax professional.

No responsible program guarantees lifelong anonymity. A donor can be nonidentified at donation, but DNA databases, relatives, records and ordinary online research can make identity discoverable later. Plan for age-appropriate disclosure and future questions rather than for secrecy.

Surrogacy FAQ for Surrogates

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Surrogate compensation and reimbursements can have tax consequences, but the answer depends on the agreement, reporting forms, payment structure, state law, and taxpayer facts. Keep records and get individualized tax advice.

Egg Donation FAQ

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You can usually ask questions and start preliminary review while breastfeeding, but final egg-donor cycle clearance generally waits until breastfeeding has ended, your cycle has returned, and the clinic has reviewed timing, medications, and screening.

Egg Donation FAQ

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Egg donors outside Southern California may still be able to apply, but eligibility depends on travel, monitoring access, clinic schedule, screening requirements, retrieval timing, and communication reliability.

Egg Donation FAQ

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Egg donors may be able to express match preferences, review intended-parent information, ask questions, and decline before legal commitment. The exact level of choice depends on the match model, recipient needs, program policy, and signed consents.

Egg Donation FAQ

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Repeat egg donation depends on health, prior cycle response, clinic policy, and donor safety. ASRM supports a prudent limit of no more than six stimulated oocyte-donation cycles because cumulative risks should be considered.

Egg Donation FAQ

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You may be able to donate eggs more than once, but the next cycle requires updated screening and review of your prior response, recovery, safety, timing, and total donation history.

Surrogacy FAQ for Surrogates

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Many surrogates can discuss using an established OB/GYN after fertility-clinic release, but the final plan depends on clinic release timing, insurance, hospital access, intended-parent logistics, and medical needs.

Yes. Single gay men use surrogacy in many U.S. programs and jurisdictions, subject to clinic, agency, legal and financial requirements. A responsible program evaluates your actual support system and legal route rather than assuming a two-parent household or asking for a stand-in partner.

In appropriately equipped programs, yes. Effective treatment, sustained viral suppression, infectious-disease evaluation and laboratory risk-reduction protocols may allow an intended father living with HIV to use his own sperm. Neither blanket exclusion nor a blanket promise is acceptable.

No. A contract can record what both sides intend and what the legal and financial consequences of a breach may be, but it cannot remove the carrier's bodily autonomy. Serious disagreement about termination or selective reduction is a reason not to match with each other.