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Donor Compensation
January 7, 2009 | By: Elizabeth
there should be no question about this! I have twice been a donor and it is indeed an extremely taxing, invasive, time-consuming process. the money I see as necessary compensation for pain, time, and traveling, for there is plenty! for the gift of my eggs, the responsibility I proudly shoulder, I would never take money. it is a wonderful, powerful feeling to know you are absolutely helping a woman who might otherwise be helpless.
D.S.
(This post was made on 1/4/08 and brought over from our old blog on typepad)
Filed under: Egg Donation
Tags: Donor Compensation
RESOLVE teleconference
November 19, 2008 | By: Elizabeth
I had the great pleasure this evening of participating in a teleconference for RESOLVE. The subject was on talking to birth moms (one of the more intimidating aspects of domestic adoption, as I know from personal as well as professional experience). The questions raised were terrific and really covered a ton of ground. Everything from how to handle birth mother’s emotions and perceptions about making an adoption plan to navigating post adoption contact, what to say and what not to say, who should answer the first call. What a fabulous discussion! For those of you who missed it, I believe the call was recorded and will be available on RESOLVE’s website for download in the near future. But in the meantime, I was so moved and intrigued by the questions we talked about that I wanted to bring them here to this forum (and so people whp participated in the call can follow up as well).
What do you want to know or what concerns you about talking to birth moms?
Filed under: adoption
Tags: birth moms, birth mothers, Domestic Adoption Planning, talking to birth mothers
Affording Infertility and Adoption
October 29, 2008 | By: Elizabeth
As I am trying to move people over from our old blog to our new blog home, I discovered someone had posted a comment on donor compensation this week on the old site (I’ll move the post over soon, I promise). She was troubled at how expensive this all is. I hear you sister! It is all too expensive.
My office is trying to help (and I blogged about it somewhere) that we’re offering free legal services to people who are strapped and we’re offering discounts to people who get a postcard from our office from their doctor, clinic, psychologist or just from a huge mailing we’re doing . . . I’m trying to help. I’m trying to get people to give me a list of creative financing too. I want to hear how people are coming up with the money. Sharing information is the best way to help isn’t it? Angie Best Boss and Evelina Wideman are about to publish a book on Budgeting for Infertility. It’s a great resource. But there needs to be more.
And so I also am going to start a discussion about the Federal Adoption Tax Credit. I still don’t get how people don’t know about this huge resource for helping you afford adoption expenses. And I am going to keep a running list of tips and ideas that people share here.
But I do need everyone’s help. Whether it’s venting about your own financial situation or giving me a tip I can share with people who visit the site, I want to know how everyone is swinging this stuff. Cuz I know we’re all not trying to have babies to fill our new VW minivan. 😉
Liz
Filed under: Uncategorized
Tags: adoption, financing, tax credit
