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Global Egg Donors' egg donation program has been featured internationally in the press and magazines, on radio and TV. It has received many favourable testimonials from recipients, doctors and donors alike. Some of these comments are featured below. Please note that names have been witheld or changed to protect the identities. "I might not be someone who goes sky diving or climbing Mount Everest to collect money for charity, but this is my Mount Everest. Donating eggs to another woman is one of my greatest achievements, memories and experiences in my life. " - egg donor |
"I feel very blessed to have met during this time, so many wonderful people through Global Egg Donors. As you well know all this infertility can make you very sad, but this time I think I really met some angels on earth." - egg recipient "Dear Donor, The pain and anguish caused by infertility ranks second only to cancer. We know how true this is having experienced both firsthand. Your gift of life is more precious than any other. We hope that your special qualities will be passed onto our child, that we will raise to the best of our abilities." - egg recipient |
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1) Dear Robin, 2) Robin, I can never find the right words to thank you, as well as (our donor). You came at a time when I was despairing and all channels seemed blocked. My husband and myself would like to thank you, and everyone at Global Egg Donors for your great professionalism, efficiency, reliability, friendliness; and you supported and kept us informed every step of this procedure. And from us - we are the most satisfied clients, and just keep up the good work. 3) I would definitely use Global Egg Donor services for any future fertility procedures. I have nothing but praise for your company. I have never encountered such professionalism and human kindness. I had a laugh to myself - I think you're a mind reader, you wouldn't believe the number of times I have thought about possible risks regarding travel and pregnancy. You answered my questions and reassured me before I asked! I can now put this fear to rest once and for all. 4) Thank you for keeping in touch and being there for me. Irrespective of the fact that one is paying, nothing can ever quantify the support and care that I have received from your team. You guys are wonderful. 5) Dear Donor, How are you doing? We hope you are now fully recovered from your donation procedure. We have some wonderful news that we wanted to share with you directly. I went for my pregnancy test yesterday and it was POSITIVE :-) I can honestly say that I have never been as emotional as I was yesterday. It was an unbelievable day. I am definitely pregnant - thanks to the young, healthy embryos we got ;-) THANK YOU so much for your part in this. We are so grateful to you and will never, ever forget you. Take care of yourself and we will stay in touch with you. 6) This is a terrific thing that you are doing, and your care for the donors shines through everything. In a world where murky practices exist, your transparency and respect for donors, recipients and the resulting children is both inspiring and reassuring. 7) I contacted Global Egg Donors in November of 2006 after a very emotional year of pregnancy resulting in miscarriage. After a horrible experience with fertility doctors in USA, I decided to look at other options. Within 24 hours of my initial inquiry to Global Egg Donors, your manager had contacted me. We had a little challenge with donors initially – some moved and did not inform the clinic, we chose one who showed positive for glandular fever after the initial tests had been done etc. Needless to say it was very emotional. During the entire time, my support from your Team were incredible. They seemed to be working “only for me”. I had asked a million questions, all of which was answered with efficiency and professionalism. The attitude, demeanor and all around personality was an incredible boost to us as we moved throughout our journey towards arriving in Cape Town. Once we were there, she met with us in person and was most supportive. I cannot say enough about her. She was the absolute best and as a manager myself, I wish I could find employees like her. She is the most altruistic person I know. She truly cares about the physical and emotional well being of her recipients and, I believe, people in general. My experience with Global Egg Donors has been an incredible experience. If there is anything I can do as an advocate for your program, please do not hesitate to contact me. 8) Just a note to let Global Egg Donors know that our pregnancy is progressing smoothly and we should welcome a new baby in approximately 7 weeks. I can't believe that this part of the journey will soon end and I'm already thinking about doing it again. Is (our donor) still available or interested in doing this again next year? Delighted and eternally grateful cannot begin to express our feelings. We are certainly grateful for everything provided by your agency, the doctors and especially our donor. This beautiful bundle of joy has already enriched our lives, and touched the lives of two sets of extended family members and all of our friends who have supported us throughout this process. This child is a beautiful miracle. 9) Indeed Robin, the result is positive and the hormonal levels are increasing remarkably. May God strengthen your visions and aspirations in taking Global Egg Donors to a greater height. Your Staff used their skills immeasurably to remove our fears and anxieties concerning the entire procedure. You are indeed God sent to people affected by fertility issues. We are also pleased with the warmth and relaxed environment at the clinic they made the whole process to sound very easy. Please Robin, keep the flag flying globally. 10) Hi Cathy, Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. We are all ready to go and getting very excited about our trip. We can't wait to see your beautiful country. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you, and everyone at Global Egg Donors for being so professional yet personal. I cannot say enough about how great you have all been in making this possible for us from all the way on the other side of the world! I will look forward to meeting up with you soon and thanking you in person. 11) I can't believe it was just over a year ago that we were going through the donor selection process, and now look at us! We have so much to thank you for, I don't even know where to begin. Everything about Global Egg Donors was great. I recommend your agency to anyone who asks. You were so personal and sweet. A lot different than the clinics and agencies in the US. 12) Every day we tell our daughters about the lovely woman who wanted to help us make a family, and chose one of their names to honor our donor. 13) We arrived home last night and are tired and jet lagged, but in good spirits. Our trip to South Africa was definitely more than we hoped for. We are already talking about going back there in future to tour the whole of South Africa. The safari trip was very exciting; the lodge that we stayed in was beyond expectations. You have been very prompt with your responses and also very professional. There really isn't much that we would like to suggest for areas of improvement for Global Egg Donors. 14) Thank you for everything that your egg donor program has done for us in 2008 and the wonderful results that this gift will bring in 2009. We are over the moon. I have been very impressed with Global Egg Donors – all the girls I came into contact with were wonderful. You are lucky to have such a good team and such lovely donors – we are very grateful for that! 15) Yours is the first agency I've "EVER" felt good about. I've been going through IVF procedures since 2000. We were ripped-off by an agency that took our money and the donor got sick and could no longer do a cycle with us, so they told us she was no longer available and that they were entitled to keep our money. We were going to fight it with but the time and energy, as well as the attorney fees was going to end up costing us too much. Another agency wanted us to send $27,000 within 3 days of our inquiry before doing anything at all! If the donor should not go forward with us, their contract states they will keep $2,500 of the money plus any other incidentals they deem fit. We wish there were more agencies that clearly demonstrated their care and concern for recipients, the way your agency does. 16) We read a book called "Ask And It Is Given" which really helped us align ourselves with creating this baby. Letting go of the fear is huge factor when facing IVF. 17) I went to South Africa in July, and I absolutely loved it. I've yet to hear anyone say that they didn't feel comfortable with the quality of care they received. And the scenery is out of this world! The whole process is SO much simpler than in the USA, in that you don't have to pay the clinic 'til the end of the cycle; you don't have to hire a lawyer... And the travel arrangements were really easy after your agency sent me a ton of information to plan my trip. BTW, I did the trip by myself, so I didn't even have a hubby or friend to go through the process with. Still, no problem at all... 18) Please forgive the English understatement, but we are genuinely grateful to you, Global Egg Donors, and of course our donor for giving two people who you haven’t met, the chance to feel complete. After so much heartache we have built up quite a thick layer of emotional scar tissue around our feelings and had prepared ourselves for failure once again. We didn’t dare to hope that this time would be any different to all the others. We still can’t believe the test was positive; it has not even begun to sink in. 19) In the four years of trying to have a baby with the most highly-rated clinics in the U.S., we've never come close to receiving even a fraction of the care and compassion we received from Global Egg Donors and the South African clinic. Your Team is the advocate we've never had. Your support, honesty and caring are second to none. We especially like how Global Egg Donors cares for the donors with their own support person. 20) We loved every millisecond of both trips to South Africa. We spent last week exploring the wineries of Constantia and sitting by the fire in Hermanus. The contrast to our nail-biting, stress-filled U.S. cycles was quite remarkable. We've fallen in love with the Country and will be back. We wish you and your colleagues only the very best, and no matter what happens, we feel extremely blessed to have found you and had this experience. 21) Cathy, our support, consistently did things for me that went way beyond what I expected (which is a lot to say from a demanding New Yorker :). From confirming my appointments to inviting us to her house for drinks, to sending a note on a hotel her friend recommended and placing extra calls on my behalf to the clinic, she was always there for us. I know there's a strong team at Global Egg Donors that makes everything seamless, I appreciate all of what you and your colleagues do. 22) I really don't have any suggestions for improvement re your service. I felt it was above and beyond what I expected. You made us feel that we could ask you anything and somehow it would be resolved. I hadn't any idea about how things were done in connection to the clinic before I came but that was extremely easy once we got there. 23) I am writing to let you know that unfortunately I have miscarried. This has been terribly sad and overwhelming for me. I am, however, grateful for the experience of falling pregnant. I am also hugely grateful for the way in which so many people from your organization came together to bring about the pregnancy and support me along the way. I would like to thank you so much for your part in the process and for the kindness you showed at every opportunity. I could not have wished for more from you. |
1) Hi Robin , Thanks for a great evening last night. It was really wonderful to be able to sit and chat about all the things we usually work together on from opposite sides of the globe! I really admire you and all the wonderful work you have done. You can be so proud of the many lives you have changed in such a special way. Your team is excellent and should be an example to others. 2) Another success... We make a great Team Robin! 3) It is great for the donor to feel wonderful inside for what she has done. This is the true magic of egg donation, and I think you make donors realise this by going through their experience with them. 4) I think that the background support and excellent organisation which you provide to the donors and recipients is responsible for the increased pregnancy rate in the Global Egg Donors group. Well done!!!!
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. - egg donor 1) It was so lovely spending time with you Dana. You have been there for me every step of this donation process. Global Egg Donors has a great asset in you because you work with love! You have been such an angel in my life! 2) I feel so much more blessed to be chosen as a donor, rather than the couple feeling blessed that I agreed to donate for them. 3) My recipient is pregnant with Twin Boys! They are so fortunate to have such wonderful parents who will love and cherish and guide them on their path to becoming the fantastic men I know they will become... their Mom and Dad had to go through so much just to be able to see their sons' dear little faces. I'm so grateful and touched that I was able to be a part of their journey - handing on the baton at the start of the relay race. Knowing all of that makes me feel so peaceful, and yet almost giddy. I have to hug myself! My thanks for their having asked me to be a small part of those boys' history. 4) I have been researching egg donation for a year. There are a number of reasons I want to donate for Global Egg Donors. I was immediately turned on to the integrity and personal nature that exudes from your website. It seemed more human than other donor organizations I have looked into; they all seem so bureaucratic and contrived. 5) I especially like that you do not use clinics that give large hormone dosage which produce more eggs than necessary, like most fertility clinics use. 6) I Can't believe I have reached the limit of my donations (5). I feel like I still have so much to give. I like to brag that I have helped conceive on almost every continent with babies in South Africa, USA, the UK and Australia. 7) My couple are pregnant! This is single most awesome thing that has ever happened to me! Its an incredible feeling, I have never been this happy for people I don't even know. This is powerful. I'm on a high. 8) I could conclude my whole donation experience in a single sentence: It was an amazing, enlightening journey with myself as the designated driver and the anonymous couple with whom you bind in some holistic way, as the passenger, and the whole voyage ending in a bliss of total unselfish self-satisfaction. 9) I have just done the last injection! I Have to be at the Clinic on Friday at 10h30 – I believe that I will see you there. I must really compliment you again on the professional process in egg donation. It really is a great experience. 10) I truly feel like I was a part of something miraculous. I hope that they are successful, I have a feeling that they will be. Thanks to you and Karen for all the support.11) Robin I feel silly how excited I am, but I really am so happy being able to help in this way. I get so much joy out of the whole experience! Thank you so much! 12) To answer your question, I'd be delighted to donate for ---- and --- too! I've been so blessed with the couples so far, both of which are amazing people. I'm so flattered I can't tell you! So yes, thank you thank you thank you! Have a wonderful week and I'll chat soon! 13) I am so excited about my couples pregnant news!!! wow!! it is like a big miracle and i am constantly awed at what doctors etc can do!!! im so grateful to Global Egg Donors for giving me the opportunity to contribute in this way, it is a special honour ... 14) Congrats to you as well Robin for creating another miracle for a special couple! Thank you for making it possible for me to help such a wonderful couple! 15) Your signature tag is just as beautiful. It has inspired me even more than before to be a part of this programme. Thank you for all that you are doing. You are the flame of all the thus far unlit candles ... 16) I would not have agreed to meet you, or even have considered donating my eggs if I thought that it would hurt me in any way....I just wanted to hear your side of the story and to see whether you are as passionate about the work that you do....and whether you are sincere. I would love to be an egg donor now. I hope that together we can make some couple really happy! 17) It truly breaks my heart to think of all (the recipients) have been through in their quest to have a child - seemingly such a simple wish for so many people, but a sad and bittersweet journey in their case. I have so much love for them. Well, I can hardly believe that my part in all this is over. Thank you for everything. 18) I was so touched to read (recipient’s) letter - it was deeply heartfelt and I really feel for them, having suffered so many disappointments. You can let them know that I am totally committed to the process. Thanks for choosing such a wonderful couple for me Robin! 19) Dear Robin and Karen, I just wanted to thank you for facilitating what turned out to be a most rewarding and interesting experience for me. During the donation process I learnt a lot about myself, and about issues I had previously not considered. I am also enjoying talking to other people about it, and hope that some of my friends will be getting in contact with you soon. All the best for the future. 20) Hi Robin, Karen, my donor support, and I had a lovely lunch at the Rhodes memorial restaurant. Thanks, once again, for the trouble you take to make the donors feel important. 21) I read about your programme through the net and really like what you are offering, in particular the sensitive, thoughtful way you approach the issue of donor eggs.
1) It is a rare and wonderful privilege to be part of a team that's able to help so many couples reach this special dream. - Recipient Support 2) I love working for Global Egg Donors and really appreciate the gratitude you show to me. I really am trying hard and giving it my all; and even at the end of those difficult days I know it's more than worth it. 3) Robin, I just wanted to say thanks for the amazing opportunity you have given me. Every day that I am with Global Egg Donors it just seems like I get more and more excited as to how things are progressing. I just am really happy and I think our team is great. 4) You have allowed me to be in a situation where I can grow as a person and prove so many things to myself and challenge myself. You have given me the opportunity to throw my ideas out there and make use of them, being able to be creative and think beyond what is always restricting us in a normal job or workplace.- Donor Support 5) It is when I meet with our egg recipients that I really and truly understand in what an amazing way we are assisting these couples. - Egg Recipient Support 6) I believe we have a super team with fantastic energy and the right motivation! I feel extremely blessed and lucky to be a part of this! 7) Oh Robin, I cried when I read this donor's story. What Global Egg Donors does is an awesome thing. I am so happy to be a part of this team. To infinity and beyond ... |
