When I saw all the negative attention that egg donation was getting in the media, I had to tell my story of heartbreak and hope to the readers of Parenting Magazine. My name is Michelle and I love every moment of parenthood. Perhaps I am more excited than the normal new mom because of the struggle my husband and I went through to conceive. A specialist checked me two years ago and learned that my ovaries were no longer producing eggs. Assisted reproduction techniques such as In Vitro fertilization and egg donors have increased in popularity, so my husband, David, and I decided to look into egg donation. We went to where all searches now begin: the Internet. After researching hundreds of donors, we began to realize that the large majority of women in the donor directories were out of work actresses who obviously just needed extra cash...