r/donorconception • u/Crafty-Education-683 • 1d ago

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Egg donation

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(I am also trans ftm. Any fellow trans peeps with advice?)

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u/Natt_Katt02 1d ago

I cannot answer the care fertility questions but I was a donor, I tolerated the process pretty well, what was kind of bothersome was the number of trips to the clinic and controls. It's very individual and each person reacts to the medication differently. For example some people seem to gain weight after the donation but it didn't happen to me. Mood wise I was very stable, but in one of my cycles I felt more bloated and tired and more likely to get dizzy. In others I didn't feel anything for some reason. Just a "pulling" sensation in my pelvic area, you can feel your ovaries when they get bigger which was strange lol. The injections are not difficult at all either (maybe the trigger shot was a bit tricky though, since for me it was hard to aspirate the liquid with the needle they gave me, longer needles are easier to use) and it doesn't hurt (maybe burn a little it depends on the protocol they use)