Tips for Completing Your Egg Donor Profile

The Egg Donor Profile is the second phase of the application process and is one of the most important steps to become an egg donor. The Egg Donor Profile is included in the screening process because it not only allows us to learn more about our applicants, but once complete, it serves as the only document that donor egg recipients will receive to help them select their egg donor.

Get started: check your email

Once you are initially accepted to become an egg donor, you will receive an email from [email protected] with your username and password. If you submitted an application and have not received a response, check your spam or junk mail.

Guidelines and expectations

The Egg Donor Profile consists of personal and family medical history, interests, personal accomplishments and goals, photos, and much more. Be comprehensive, thorough, and let your personality shine. 

  • Applicants with comprehensive and well thought out Profiles have a higher chance of being accepted as an egg donor and selected by recipients.
  • Once you begin working on your Profile you will be able to save, exit, and return later to finish working it. Be sure to save early and often as you complete the Profile.
  • Once the Egg Donor Profile is submitted, applicants will no longer have access to it and will be unable to make changes. We recommend applicants proof their responses prior to submitting.

If you have lost your username and password, please email [email protected].

Complete your profile

3 tips for completing your Donor Profile

1. Compiling your medical history

We are looking for your personal medical history, your immediate family, and even extended family medical history.

  • Talk with trusted family members to learn more about your family medical history. If you would prefer to keep your decision to donate eggs private, previous SGF donors have shared a few ways to navigate around this. One donor told her family she needed the information for a school project, while another donor said that she was seeking medical details in order to be seen by a new doctor.
  • Remember, everyone has something, and no one is perfect, so find out as much as you can. Also, “natural cause of death” may be true for some, but the more specific you are able to be, the better.

2. Selecting photos

Even though all of our egg donors have the opportunity to remain unidentified and not share their adult photos, each egg donor is still required to submit adult pictures. Egg donor applicants are required to submit two adult photos and five childhood photos. All childhood photos must be between the ages of four and eleven (newborn photos are adorable, but we are looking for your pictures where we can see more of your older adorable characteristics).

  • No selfies, please. Yes, we know, selfies look really good sometimes, but we will not accept selfies as your adult photos.
  • Not sure how to discretely ask for copies of childhood photos? Egg donors have shared that they acquired these by saying it was for a school project or even just out of curiosity.
  • No access to a scanner or copier? No problem. Download the Pic Scanner app for iPhone or the CamScanner for Android, or feel free to mail them to us and we can upload them for you.

Should you need help uploading pictures, completing your profile, or getting your questions answered, please contact our donor liaisons.

3. Writing your personal statements/essays

This is an opportunity to share more about your personality, interests, goals, and reason for donating with prospective recipients. They want to know who you are, so let yourself shine!

  • Proper grammar is key. Worried about typos? Copy and paste your statements into a Microsoft Word document and use the spell check feature.
  • Leaving a section blank is considered incomplete, so be sure to give yourself a good opportunity by thinking of creative but honest answers.
  • Explain the reason for wanting to donate your eggs.
    This is a great place to discuss what motherhood means to you if you are a mother, if you know someone who has struggled with infertility, or why you have decided donating your eggs is something you feel compelled to do for others.
  • In your own words, describe your personality, character, and temperament.
    This question, like many of these questions, is designed to help you ‘humble brag’ about yourself and the things you love most about you. Have you been told you have a great sense of humor? What is your overall outlook on the world? Are you hard working? What is it about you that is remarkably unique?
  • What are your hobbies, interests, and talents?
    This question helps the donor egg recipient get to know your personality a little better. Here you should write about if you like to cook, do yoga, or if you’re learning a new language. Do you enjoy binge-worthy TV? Are you an armchair detective? 
  • What physical, artistic, intellectual or social abilities do you feel best about?
    Do you excel in the arts or math? Are you very outgoing or a little shy? Are you athletic or are you a bookworm? What are some of your core competencies and areas in which you excel and enjoy?
  • What are your current and future personal goals?
    Are you working on obtaining a degree? Have you decided that you are the on the path to be the next Taylor Swift? This question helps donor egg recipients understand who you aspire to be and what you’re doing today to get there.

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