Mother-of-two sells them for
£750 a pop and spends the cash on treating her children to toys and days out or
decorating her house. Emma Frost, 25, from Romford has made a total of £2,250
from donating. The full-time mum wants to continue until she reaches total of
ten. Three women have conceived in last three years with her help. A mum of two,
who donates her eggs for money, uses the cash she receives from the clinic to
spoil her children - and even kit out her house with new carpets. And Emma is
hoping to donate another seven times - the maximum allowed - for £750 a go.
The full-time mum, from
Romford, East London, has used the cash to kit out her home but says she is
happy to be helping other people experience the joy of motherhood and would
donate her eggs even without the money. She said: 'The money is a bonus and it
allows me to give my children a beautiful home. 'I feel passionate that
everyone gets the chance to be a parent and I love giving people that
opportunity.'
Emma joined the fertility
market when she considered acting as a surrogate for a friend of a friend
struggling to conceive. The first time Emma donated her eggs, she used the £750
to buy bunk beds (pictured) for her two kids. Having enjoyed being pregnant
with daughter Bailey, six, but believing that she and partner Ben Hodgson were
not going to have any more children of their own, she was keen to carry another
baby, even if it was someone else's. But just as she was about to offer her
womb as a temporary home for someone else's child, she found herself pregnant
again.
After giving birth to Mia,
two, she decided that even if she was not going to carry another baby she could
still help people realize the joy of parenthood. Emma applied to be an egg
donor and found out when she arrived that there was compensation for the ten
days of injections and short procedure under anaesthetic. In the last two
years, she has donated eggs to three different women who have all fallen
pregnant. And with the money she has received as compensation, Emma has
dramatically improved her house and treated her two children to the toys and
outings she wouldn't otherwise be able to afford.
After the first donation she
decorated their bedrooms and bought the bunk beds they were desperate for, next
she re-carpeted her house. The last time she made the trip to the clinic and
received the £750 in return, she took her family on a trip to London and put
half away in an account for the girls to access when they are 18. Emma said:
'I've changed the future of another family and I want to look out for my own
children's futures too. 'At first I wanted to be a surrogate. I loved being
pregnant and I had no complications - it was just a fantastic experience. 'Then
I found out about egg donation and decided that, as I'd had another daughter by
then, this was the thing for me. 'A couple of my friends have had trouble
conceiving and the thought of being able to give something back was great. 'And
being able to the do the renovations to the house and give the kids something
is great. 'We took them on a big trip to London and they blew half of one of
the payments on the day out which was fun. 'Then the rest of that most recent
payment I put away in an account for them which they can have when they are 18.
'I've lived with my partner for six years and although he was a bit shocked and
worried about the risks at first, he's fully supported me. 'My family was just
so proud - people were calling me up to congratulate me when I first did it. 'You
can do it a maximum of ten times, which I'm going to do. 'I want to do it ten
times because I love the feeling and the pride I get from helping another
family have what I have. 'There are no bad points to donating eggs. You feel
good about it and you give a family something they've always wished for.'
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