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Donor egg/ embryo matching characteristics- Spain?

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foxglovesandsocks · 07/07/2019 08:41

I'm on the journey of receiving donor egg or embryo using a clinic in Alicante.
I wanted to ask anyone who has gone down this route, about matching characteristics of the donor to you. I'm a redhead and wonder if this will be a tricky match. That's not essential of course but it would be nice as my whole family are blonde or redheads and I'd want the child to feel not the odd one out.
It's probably me overthinking things I expect. I'm doing this without a partner.

OP posts:
Cutesbabasmummy · 10/07/2019 07:17

There are red heads in Spain! We used a clinic in Alicante for a donor egg. My hubby has grey eyes and I have blue. Our son has brown eyes as did our donor. However, his grandmother has brown eyes as does one of his uncles and three of his cousins. He actually looks very like his daddy and also like 3 of his cousins. They gave is 2 donors to choose from , one who had blue eyes but was 4 years older than the other choice. We opted for the 24 year old donor. People who dont know the background think he looks like me and I caught myself thinking he looks like my dad the other day!!

AliceAbsolum · 20/07/2019 04:20

I went to the Czech Republic because I wanted a match that fit with my coloring (I'm very blonde) why did you choose Spain?

pantaloonietunes · 20/07/2019 18:20

The clinic I had an initial scan at is linked to one in Spain.

Cutesbabasmummy · 20/07/2019 19:00

We were told they had international donors in Alicante as well as Spanish.

pantaloonietunes · 20/07/2019 23:02

Ah , good to know. I've emailed them direct to find out.

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