Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 455-466 , 15 January 2010

Looking back: egg donors' retrospective evaluations of their motivations, expectations, and experiences during their first donation cycle

  • Nancy J. Kenney, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Women Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nancy J. Kenney, Ph.D., Departments of Psychology and Women Studies, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98915-1525 (FAX: 206-685-3157).
    • ,
  • Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 25 June 2008 ,Revised 20 September 2008 ,Accepted 30 September 2008.

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 N.J.K. has nothing to disclose. M.L.M. has nothing to disclose.

 Support for this research was provided by a grant from the University of Washington's Royalty Research Fund (Spring 2003 Proposal #3009).

PII: S0015-0282(08)04125-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.081

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 455-466 , 15 January 2010

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