Egg donation and adoption?

Question

I've heard adopted kids say that they will never be able to forgive their mother & they are angry at her for not wanting them. They are angry because they were given away for money too. I was just wondering if any child from egg donation feels the same way? I would love to hear from a person who was born by using an egg donation. How do you feel about the donor? What questions do you have for your donor? What feelings and thoughts do you have when you think of your donor?

I plan to become an egg donor. I don't want to mess up a childs life or have them angry or confused. I want to help a couple who is less fortunate not cause a child problems. What can we all do together to make sure these kids are mentally healthy, proud of themselves, & to help them understand the gift of life. Biological ties should not be the most important thing to base your feelings on. I want to help an infertile couple, just as much as they want to have a family, but not at the expense of our future generation

Answer 1

Not a donor conceived adult myself, but I have interviewed one and she gave me these references to DC places and sites :)

http://donorissue.blogspot.com/

http://www.handsoffourovaries.com/

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse...

http://www.searchingformyfather.org/

http://t5sdaughter.blogspot.com/

http://www.tangledwebs.org.au/

http://www.rationalist.com.au/53/p20-24.... ( PDF file - will download automatically if you click )

http://community.livejournal.com/we_are_...

http://whosedaughter.blogspot.com/

Good for you to research what DC people feel from being "donated" and conceived in labs and paid for. From what I've read, they're just as rightfully angry as adoptees are. We have a LOT in common, more so than any other civil rights group.

Answer 2

Children would likley need to know for medical history reasons.

I have heard of people with both possitive and negative reactions to having been adopted.  it all depends on how the message is delivered.

Answer 3

There's a book that I read about children conceived by egg/sperm donation.  I think it's called "Helping the Stork" or something similar.  I would suggest reading that.

And yes, children conceived by these methods SHOULD be and often ARE told about the circumstances of their conception.

Answer 4

i highly doubt an person receiving the egg donation would tell their child this is how they were conceived why would they???