I Used an Egg Donor

In every fertility book I've read—and I've read plenty—there's a final chapter called "Other Paths to Parenthood" or "There's More Than One Road to Motherhood" or something similar.

These chapters talk about egg donation and adoption, about grieving the loss of your fertility and accepting a different path. When you're starting fertility treatment, these are the chapters you avoid. You think they're for other people — women who began trying to conceive at age 42 (Hey, what did they expect?) or who lost an ovary to cancer (Unfortunate, but at least they have options).

You suspect it would be awful to be in their shoes, but you barely give the scenario a passing thought. Given all the high-tech procedures you've heard of — IVF, ICSI, PGD — you're confident that something will work for you. Maybe not on the first try, but eventually.

Read more: http://www.fitpregnancy.com/yourpregnancy/fertility_conception/i-used-an-egg-donor-40722747.html

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