Sperm / Egg Donors....

[SharpMomOfTwo]

I was watching about Cat Cora - the Iron Chef lady. She and her wife are expecting I think their 3rd child via sperm donor. The thing that stuck out to me, is that its the same sperm donor - so I assume (and its just an assumption) that they know this person, and he would probably be in these childrens lives - but not as their father.

So my question is - could you donate either sperm or eggs to a couple - where they will be raising the child by themselves - and never want parental controll?

Personally, I don't think it would really bother me - yeah, its my egg, but thats it. The people I'm donating my egg to are the ones to carry the child to term, all I'm doing is giving them a start to that.

What about you?

 

[cristit14]

I don't think you can assume that they know the donor. They could, but many people that use a sperm donor use the same donor for each try as long as there are still vials left of that donor number. Some people will purchase more vials than what they need for one cycle so that they can have it for later tries.

To answer your question though I don't know if I would want to donate an egg or not. It is too late for me now anyway.

 

[PatsMom]

I am past the age where donating an egg would be an option but I still answered that I would have to think about it. I think it would depend on who the person needing the donation is.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[MaryAnnDVC]

I'm the opposite, I would have no problem carrying someone else's baby to term for them but I couldn't give up my own egg. My DNA = My baby, but my uterus is just a vessel.

Fortunately, there are lots of people out there from all different sides so that people can have the opportunity to get whatever it is they need to bring a much wanted baby into the world. Thank goodness we're not all the same

This is exactly the way I feel. I voted "no way".

 

[Green Tea]

I don't think you can assume that they know the donor. They could, but many people that use a sperm donor use the same donor for each try as long as there are still vials left of that donor number. Some people will purchase more vials than what they need for one cycle so that they can have it for later tries.

I agree.

 

[My3kiddos]

I would have no problem donating my eggs. Being a surrogate would be alot harder for me than donating an egg.

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

I don't think you can assume that they know the donor. They could, but many people that use a sperm donor use the same donor for each try as long as there are still vials left of that donor number. Some people will purchase more vials than what they need for one cycle so that they can have it for later tries.

To answer your question though I don't know if I would want to donate an egg or not. It is too late for me now anyway.

I was really just assuming it for the purposes of this question - but your right, I don't know them, hence I have no idea!

 

[Zandy595]

OT, I read that Cat and her partner are/were both pregnant at the same time. All four of their kids have the same sperm donor.

 

[PattnFmly]

Not sure how I would feel about donating eggs. Have to think some more. But would not be able to carry, even as a surrogate and give it up. I spent 9 months twice loving the baby inside me, wouldn't be able to go through that and not continue to love it. And as for sperm donors, my gf has two children from the same sperm donor, she just put aside extra vials of his when she had the first one in case she wanted another, which she did. No idea who he is!

 

[SCHBR'smom]

I don't think I could. I'd always wonder if there was a little part of me running around that I didn't know. My children would have a sibling somewhere that they didn't know.

 

[Laura]

I'm the opposite, I would have no problem carrying someone else's baby to term for them but I couldn't give up my own egg. My DNA = My baby, but my uterus is just a vessel.

Fortunately, there are lots of people out there from all different sides so that people can have the opportunity to get whatever it is they need to bring a much wanted baby into the world. Thank goodness we're not all the same

I'm like you; I would consider being a surrogate to carry others' genetic material. My best friend has considered egg donation in the past.

 

[mjkacmom]

I'd have no problem donating eggs. I'd rather my egg be used to make a couple's dream come true than flush it down the toilet. The child wouldn't be mine, because the man's sperm would never meet my egg otherwise.

 

[Minnesota!]

I would have no problem donating my eggs. Being a surrogate would be alot harder for me than donating an egg.

Ditto.