Egg Donation

[FSUZeta]

well, i just feel that these women who donate their eggs are giving infertile couples such a tremendous gift(even if there is monetary compensation) with the egg donation. i would be a lot more concerned with the health history of the donor and her family members, than her physical appearance.

with fertile couples, there is no guarantee that their child will look like either parent-the child might end up looking like great-uncle fred or cousin gertrude.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

with fertile couples, there is no guarantee that their child will look like either parent-the child might end up looking like great-uncle fred or cousin gertrude.

well, yeah. but if Fred and Gertrude and mom and dad are all blond with blue eyes and baby pops out looking like J-Lo, there's gonna be some happening.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by 33girl

well, yeah. but if Fred and Gertrude and mom and dad are all blond with blue eyes and baby pops out looking like J-Lo, there's gonna be some happening.

HAHA...so true. I completely agree that most people would be more concerned with the medical history of the donor, but I don't see anything wrong with wanting to know what the donor looks like....i certainly would want to know.

[FSUZeta]

lol-that would raise a few eyebrows!! i was commenting on the "let me see a series of photos of you and i would also like to see some photos of your family members"-for me, i think it would be enough to have a great health history and have it noted somewhere in the files what color hair and eyes the donor had-i don't think that i would need to see photos.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

lol-that would raise a few eyebrows!! i was commenting on the "let me see a series of photos of you and i would also like to see some photos of your family members"-for me, i think it would be enough to have a great health history and have it noted somewhere in the files what color hair and eyes the donor had-i don't think that i would need to see photos.

I guess I'm just thinking of the extreme situation where you don't see photos, the donor has an excellent medical history and your baby girl comes out looking like Milton Berle or something. I would just want to know if there were any overwhelming features that may be passed to my child. Call it judgmental if you must. lol

[AlphaFrog]

I think it also might be important to see pics of the donar, so in the rare case your dontation-creation brings home his potential mother in law, you can say ummm...no.

(Hey, it's happened that biological brothers/sisters have hooked up not knowing.)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I think it also might be important to see pics of the donar, so in the rare case your dontation-creation brings home his potential mother in law, you can say ummm...no.

(Hey, it's happened that biological brothers/sisters have hooked up not knowing.)

One of the girls in my neighborhood was raised by her grandparents and told they were her parents - her "sister" was her mother. They ended up having to tell her because her bio father had a boy that was around her age and they were terrified of them hooking up (it's a SMALL town).

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

with fertile couples, there is no guarantee that their child will look like either parent-the child might end up looking like great-uncle fred or cousin gertrude.

I am a prime example of this. I look like one of my great-grandmothers and almost nothing like my parents. (I wasn't adopted - I'm sure of this )

Anyhow, I don't think that I personally could donate an egg. I think that I would always wonder about "my" child.