
Posts Tagged ‘egg donor agency’
Friday, February 20th, 2009
I came back to Dr. Sahakian’s yesterday morning for my second ultrasound. We took a look and everything came back fine. The follicle count didn’t go up, so now we just had to take another round of blood work to make sure my levels were still stable. If they were, then it would be a green light to go ahead for my retrieval. The doctor’s office said they would call me back before 4PM. Happily, I heard back from them at 2:30 and was told that everything was fine and to go ahead with my final shot, my HCG shot, at 7:30PM. So next is my egg retrieval! I’m a little nervous, but I know I will be in good hands. I will report back after retrieval and let everyone know how it went! Until next time!
-Lisa, Donor
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
BHED (Beverly Hills Egg Donation) helped make our dreams come true!! It took me many a month to find my donor; only because it did not turn to BHED first! There were so many egg donor agencies out there, but none measured up to the quality and standards of BHED. When I went onto their site it was three minutes until I saw the face of our egg donor. I panicked thinking it was all too good to be true, and it was a matter of minutes before Lisa, the founder of BHED, got back to me! The information on my donor was more extensive and complete than any of the ten other egg donation agencies I had been looking through day after day, trying to find “her”. Not only that, but Lisa answered hundreds of questions of my behalf and always got back to me asap with a very caring, businesslike, and to-the-point attitude. When dealing with even “noted” and highly recommended agencies, besides BHED, no such thing happened. I caught some of the other reps, many a time, trying to “back-peddle” the information they had given me.
Then came our dear Ellie, our donor rep., who became my friend. She would email me anything I asked for whether it be more pictures of our donor, a calming note to help me in a panic attack, continual updates on the movement of everything, and even passed along notes that I wised for our donor to read. These people became family to us, and it felt like they wanted this dream to come true for us just as much as we did!
They truly have the most beautiful and highest-quality egg donors and a professional, NO B.S., to-the-point staff; and I know because we went looking through many different agencies before I found My BHED. We had actually found an egg donor through one of the others, but our doctor advised us against her because of her family’s medical history. It is something BHED puts extensively right out in front so we were aware of everything before making our choice, and as not to waste precious time. When I saw our donor at BHED, I knew we had found her, we had found each other! They talk about that “feeling” you get when it is all just “right”, but I was not aware of it until BHED. We are now five months pregnant, and all our prayers have been answered. Thank you my donor, and thank you Lisa, Ellie, our amazing lawyer connected to the agency, and all at BHED!!! Happy New Year, this one will truly BE a happy one for us! God bless, and may all your dreams come true on your journey!
-Wendy, Recipient
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
It takes a village.
There are a lot of people involved in making a successful egg donation cycle happen. There are doctors, nurses, schedulers, attorneys, paralegals, lab techs – not to mention donors and recipients. Perfect cycles are easy – donors go to their appointments, test results are ideal, contracts are signed quickly, no one has a vacation or a sick day and we’re in and out before we know it. That doesn’t happen very often. It is far more likely that an unexpected bump in the road will present itself and it will require everyone to rise to the occasion. On those days the true professionals literally shine.

I am lucky to work with a number of doctor’s offices and attorneys who understand what it takes to get the job done. They are patient, fast acting, flexible and magically easy to reach. Nurse coordinators, especially, are the heart of the egg donation cycle machine. Their willingness to be a team player, to be communicative, to stay calm in the face of any surprise is invaluable. Nurses are often the unsung heroes in the shadow of the incredible work of the doctors and embryologists but their role will impact the cycle profoundly. Unfortunately there aren’t SART statistics about the positive outlook of the nurse coordinator at a particular office or “number of phone calls returned per week” but there should be. If you’re in the process of choosing a fertility clinic for your cycle – spend some time with the IVF nurses before you make your decision. Ask them what would happen if the donor needed to adjust the calendar by one day for a family event and how often that happens. Their answer will tell you a lot about how they would approach an unexpected issue – big or small.
-Ellie Klein, BHED Cycle Coordinator
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Hello, and welcome to Beverly Hills Egg Donation!
BHED is a nationwide egg donor program that helps to guide prospective parents and qualified donors through the egg donation process with care, professionalism, and respect. We strive to maintain a donor database of exceptional young women, and our experience in the industry drives us to provide the best possible experience for our clients.
This blog will be a place for you to connect with us on a more personal level. We’ll answer your questions, as well as post pictures, success stories, and news from the fertility community.
We look forward to getting your feedback and hope this blog will serve as another great resource in your journey to have a child.
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