so we're actually making (excruciatingly slow) progress on this whole thing. we got back several emails from the different clinics we wrote to this week, and are waiting to find out the price of the first consult for three of them. only one has said a definite "no" (the others said yes, we just don't know all their costs...), and gave their reasoning as "we only do egg donation when the donor is anonymous." why this might be? i have no idea. it could be anti-lesbianism (is that a phrase??), or it could be something else. i would have written them a slightly snarky email trying to get them to own up to it, but luckily esther wrote the reply. we shall see if they feel like offering more details.

what's next??