Egg Swapping

Posted by admin in egg donation on 12 26th, 2009 | 2 responses

All sorts of things come up during the IF journey, at least for me. What I mean is, different options, courses, doctors, treatments, and of course there are feelings that are attached to everything. I think I have learned to manage the different emotions that arise and how to navigate through them without becoming homicidal. It hasn’t been perfect-I’m sure I have taken a few hostages here and there. I’m only human. I couldn’t even put together 25 days of positive thinking, but I got 3! One of the things that has become clear to me is that there are options-the IF journey can continue as long as our little hearts desire, or until they break. We can buy just about any organ from a donor if we are willing to pay for it, or we accept the needed reproductive material from a friend. Yes, that’s what I said, we can accept eggs or sperm from our friends. Who ever thinks of this stuff? I didn’t…I mean, growing up it never occurred to me that my best friend from childhood would one day offer her eggs to me…but she did. I have to say that of all the offers I’ve had in my life and all the gifts I’ve been given, nothing could even come close to this one. The timing wasn’t right for us and so it didn’t happen, but I’m wondering if others accept this gift of life? I also have to admit that I knew if we accepted her offer, all of our lives would change and there would always be that chance that our friendship wouldn’t be the same, how could it? A little piece of me was too scared to take that chance even if it meant having a child. But I’ll always wonder…

We are headed into the world of egg donation and I have a feeling there is going to be a lot more to say–it took me a year just to wrap my head around the idea but I got there. I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday and of course, lots of baby dust!!