If your job is in the tanker and freelance work is getting thinner by the day, would you consider selling your eggs for food? At New York City's Northeast Assisted Fertility Group, interest from potential egg donors has more than doubled since this recession first reared its ugly head last year.
With donors taking in upwards of $5,000 per batch, fertility clinics offer an interesting way around the monthly challenges of making rent.
Reuters spoke with Nicole Hodges, a 23-year-old New York City actress, who is currently waiting for her match couple and plans to use the money to pay off college, credit card bills and the ever-expensive city rent. We all know there are worse ways to get a paycheck around here. But while it all may seem easy, it's not a walk in the fertility park.
Applicants must "undergo medical, psychological and genetic testing as well as a background check," and even still, less than 10 percent of the applications to one fertility center mentioned in the article resulted in the retrieval of eggs.
Is this option for everybody? Probably not. But, if you find yourself with an excess of both freetime and eggs, this new income stream might be worth checking out. And besides the bonus cash, successful donors are making little baby dreams come true, $5,000 at a time.
