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May 21

I review about one hundred egg donor applications a week. Of those I receive, only about three or four get posted on our database. Some very good candidates never get posted because we don’t have good photos of them. Even the best candidates cannot be matched without good photos.

We [...] Continue Reading…

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Apr 7

Northeast Assisted Fertility Group has been featured in a front page story in the Boston Globe, dated April 7, 2009.  This is just the latest in what has been an ongoing public dialogue about the “surge” in egg donation.

Boston Globe: “Recession spurs egg and sperm donations”
“What we’ve seen is [...] Continue Reading…

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Mar 31

Discussing Madonna’s adoption of another child from Malawi with Jane Velez-Mitchell, around 7:25 PM.

Go to CNN.com for a transcript.

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Mar 2

See the article, “Egg donors rise as U.S economy falls”.
“Remember that egg donation helps a lot of people; it is safe if done by a professional, medically-ethical clinic.  It helps the donor, and it helps the recipients have a child.”
- Kathy Benardo, Northeast Assisted Fertility Group

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Feb 28

Of course, only you can make a decision about your child. But in my experience, openness and honesty is rewarded with respect. On the other hand, secrecy and deception fosters anger and resentment.

Your child will love you no less with the knowledge about his or her conception. It does [...] Continue Reading…

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Feb 19

CNN has run an article, “Six embryos?! How to avoid a fertility fiasco” which spotlights the birth of octuplets to Nadya Suleman last month, and the picture this has painted of fertility clinics.

This article demonstrates how important the ASRM’s guidelines are in keeping fertility treatment safe as well as [...] Continue Reading…

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Feb 12

It was a shock to learn that “Octo Mom” got pregnant with all those babies through IVF (in vitro fertilization) rather than just IUI (intrauterine insemination): what doctor would transfer all those embryos? Unfortunately, there are a few unethical doctors out there who make the industry look like a [...] Continue Reading…

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Feb 7

Saturday’s feature of Northeast Assisted Fertility Group’s egg donation program on CBS’ The Early Show (”As Economy Falls, Egg Donations Rise”) was not unlike other coverage we’ve seen about the “surge” in egg donation… the faltering economy compels more and more young women to consider becoming egg donors – [...] Continue Reading…

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Feb 6

Katherine Benardo, director of the egg donation program at Northeast Assisted Fertility Group, will be among the panelists on CBS’ Early Show this Saturday morning.  There will also be an egg donor candidate and a doctor (Dr. Zeke Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) for [...] Continue Reading…

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Jan 29

NAFG President Sanford Benardo will be participating in a “Donor Egg Decision Making Seminar” sponsored by the Baystate Chapter of Resolve. It will take place at the Children’s Hospital in Waltham, MA on Saturday, February 7 from 9:30 AM to 5 PM.

Sanford will speak on “Finding a Donor and [...] Continue Reading…

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