A few years ago, I was bored and got on the Google because that's what you do when you have mountains of homework and you're an avid procrastinator. And if I'm being honest, my life hasn't been the same since.

I was about eighteen when I first heard of egg donation and admittedly, thought it was sort of a voodoo idea. I did a little bit of research about it, then came across the requirements of which included being 21 years of age.

I sighed, tucked that information away and moved on.

I later ended up pregnant and had my daughter (I turned 19 two days later) and a lot of things clicked for me. That day brought happiness, tears, confusion, wonder, excitement - everything. So, as I've watched my child grow up I've thought deeply about those who, unfortunately, are unable to conceive without a little extra help - for whatever reason.

I jumped back on my research train and started talking more and more about it with my fiance. He has been nothing short of supportive throughout this and I'm sure he'll only be more supportive as time goes on.

While egg donation requires a lot of medications, self injections, time, and doctor's appointments the end benefit makes it far worth it. The process will be time consuming and potentially hard on my body, but if it means giving someone else a baby they so desperately want, I'm all in.

I have made it through the "hard part" of the application process which included my medical history, my family's medical history, photos of myself, a list of my interests and talents, along with my schedule. Now that all of that has been approved, I will have an "active" donor profile through my agency and can potentially be matched within the next couple of months. Once matched, I will go through a psych screening, get some blood drawn and have the medications sent to me. After that, I'll do the injections as instructed until my doctor says I'm ready for "harvest", then I will go in for the retrieval. WAH-LA!

After that it's just fingers crossed and prayers to God that the procedure works for the intended parents. Then I can either choose to do the process again or be done. Each woman can donate up to six times in their lifetime. Cool, right?