Submitted: Apr 21, 2008 - Every successful pregnancy begins with a healthy egg. But for women who are unable to conceive, there is another solution: egg donation. So how are eggs harvested, and what does it take to be an egg donor?

Each year, approximately 100,000 women go through the process of having their eggs harvested. Of those 100,000 women, about 10 percent do so to become egg donors. The other 90 percent have…