“I have school debts and credit cards, and even living in New York, it’s one of the most expensive places to live.

“So, when money started dwindling, I started doing a little bit of research on what I could be doing to pick myself back up. I talked about it with one of my girlfriends, a good friend of mine, who had done it six times already, the maximum amount of times you can do it in terms of donating your eggs, and she had nothing but great things to say about it, just the money that you earn and that it just was not invasive and it was great. It was fine.”

— Nicole, a 23-year-old unemployed actress,
explaining why she’s become an egg donor.
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