We get so many donors asking us if we can work with donors who are not in the United States. Read on for our policy on working with donors outside the U.S. and why: The short answer... The short answer is no - unfortunately, we only work with donors currently residing in the United States who can legally accept compensation. Why? During the match, donors are required to travel to the IVF clinic that the intended family is working with. Our intended families only work with cli

Case Managers are an integral part of the egg donation process, but you usually don't meet them until you are officially matched. This blog post breaks down what Case Managers (CM's) do. Getting Started Once the donor is officially matched, the donor will send a match confirmation sheet with their contact information and some other info to the Case Manager. The intended family will also send over paperwork for the match. Once the paperwork has been received, the Case Manager

We sometimes see that egg donation and surrogacy get confused, despite actually being very different things! Here we break down the...

When intended families meet with us, they often ask about IVF clinics - what clinic they should choose, what clinic options are out...

Happy Pride Month! As June comes to a close, let's revisit the topic of how to talk to your parents about egg donation. Egg donation can...

There are many ways to be an egg donor - there are fresh cycles, frozen cycles, egg donor banks, egg donor agencies. Intend is an egg...

Happy May! May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. In honor of this and our partner company,...

Compensation is not the only reason why our donors donate, it is an important component of the egg donation process. Our donors are...

There are things in the egg donation process that you can choose - for instance the level of communication with the intended parents is...

We get many inquiries from egg donor applicants, asking why their application was rejected. We know that it can be confusing and...

March in the United States is  Endometriosis Awareness Month , so in honor of this month we are bringing back a former blog post on...

New donor applicants often ask us about marijuana usage, and if it impacts their ability to be an egg donor. Here we delve into our...

One of the unexpected perks of being an egg donor is having the opportunity to learn about your own fertility. Most young people don't...

Happy Galentine's Day! At Intend, women are at the center of what we do, from our donors, to our intended mothers, to our staff. Here's a...

While compensation should not be the sole purpose for donating, we recognize that it is a significant factor and we pride ourselves on...

We get a lot of questions surrounding donor finances - how compensation works, what expenses donors are responsible for, etc. Here is...

There are a lot of misconceptions about egg donation out there, and sometimes it's hard to tell when doing research what is true and what...

Today's blog post was written by our donor coordinator, Cassidy. The question that we get asked most often is, "What does the donor...

A gift guide this season for the egg donors in your life... Have someone in your life who is an egg donor? Maybe they recently donated or...

Today's blog is written by our donor coordinator, Delcie. As a donor coordinator for the last six years, it’s common for donor applicants...