Pathways To Parenthood Egg Donor Shares Her Story
My hope in sharing some of my thoughts and feelings about my journey as a first- time -egg donor is to help others know what an amazing experience helping others build and grow their family can be!
I have two amazing children of my own and know the joys of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. My heart breaks knowing there are so many good people that want to experience these same joys but can’t because of infertility. It only makes sense to me to donate my eggs, that I will not use myself, to give others a chance they would not otherwise have to be parents.
Working with Pathways To Parenthood made my egg donation process easy and stress-free. I knew what to expect and they were always available to answer my questions and address my needs.
The whole experience of being an egg donor for a loving couple that wanted a baby was more fulfilling than I imagined. I feel lucky to have been a part of such a special process for my recipient family. I plan to donate again and look forward to helping another family realize their dream of becoming parents.
Pathways To Parenthood Donor # 72488
Choosing an Egg Donor in Kansas City: What to Consider
The process of choosing an egg donor may seem overwhelming when you first begin. It is helpful to make a list of what is most important to you before you start the search for your egg donor. The initial search may help you decide to expand your list or, you may realize that you need to narrow it. Because of the possible changes in your list, it may take you multiple searches to find the egg donor that you feel is a match. We would appreciate the opportunity to help you in this process while providing the support needed along the way. Contact us today to learn more about our program.
Egg Donation Kansas City: Coping With The Stress Of The Process
For most intended parents that use an egg donor to help increase their chances of success in building and growing their family, it comes at the end of a very long road of disappointment and past failed attempts to conceive. After years of trying and failing, many intended parents are stressed and have a hard time being hopeful that an egg donor will be the final answer.
Unfortunately, using an egg donor to attempt in vitro fertilization does not give you a 100% chance of success, but for most, it greatly increases the chance of having a baby. It is important that once the decision is made, intended parents let go of all of the stats and find a way to reduce stress and allow yourself to be hopeful.
How to go about doing so will be different for everybody, but these strategies will help most people reduce the stress of the treatment process:
1. Focus on the present.
2. Improve communication with your partner/spouse.
3. Look for support in new people/places.
4. Talk nicely to yourself. You are going through a very difficult life experience.
For more information about using an egg donor to build and grow your family, visit https://pathwaystoparenthood.com.
An Update On Informing Offspring Of Their Conception
The ethics committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine recently updated their position on informing offspring of their conception by usage of donor gametes or embryos.
The ethics committee finds that disclosure to the child of the fact of donor conception, and if available, characteristics of the donor may serve the best interests of offspring. The committee also recognizes that the decision to disclose is a highly personal one about which the parties may have differing values.
The relative benefits of disclosure for parents, donors, and, most significantly, donor-conceived persons are under continued study, but support has grown in recent years for disclosing the fact of donation and allowing access to non-identifying information about donors to offspring who request it.
For more information about disclosure and building and growing your family through egg donation, contact us today.