Asian egg donors are in high demand. In the last 20 years egg donation has gotten much more common and people from all nations and continents are trying to conceive. Approximately 10,000 surrogate children are born every year now.
In general if after having tried for more than 12 months to induce a pregnancy many couples think about infertility treatments. A common one is egg donation – with a very high success rate of around 50%!
IVF (In vitro fertilization) is a good choice for many couples, because it allowes to conceive children that are genetically much more similar than many other choices. The mother still experiences the pregnancy and the main difference really is that it is another woman’s egg that is being fertilised by sperm outside the woman’s womb and than implanted into the woman’s womb. So the woman still goes through a whole pregnancy circle.
But why are Asian egg donors in high demand? Well, it’s easy to understand that Asian parents who actually want to give go through a whole pregnancy and give birth to their child want to have a similar genetic layout from their egg donor. Often, Asian parents (as well as other parents) don’t want everybody to know that they needed an egg donor to conceive. So a caucasian, European egg-donor would obviously leave “traces” – the face of the child would resemble a European. Whereas an Asian egg donor obviously fits right in – the baby would have the same ethnic origin like it’s parents.
So there’s a high demand in Asian egg donors, that’s why there are agencies who specialize in finding the right Asian egg donor. Many parents have very specific criteria that they look for (for example the egg donor should be nonsmoking, of good health, and should have a certain education, like college or university degree).
Asian egg donor agencies can command high fees for their services because parents are willing to pay a premium when it comes to such an important undertaking.