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Donor conception

For anyone with experience of sperm or egg donation to share support and advice. Please remember this board isn’t for debate about donor conception.

Known egg donor stipulating one child only

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Pouragandt · 06/06/2021 16:18

Gosh, well I've had a bit of a shocker today.

So after several losses following having our healthy daughter 10 years ago, my sister kindly agreed to being mine and my husband's egg donor so that we could try and conceive again. We also used a sperm donor and were blessed with a healthy son 2 years ago.

We have always wanted 3 babies so decided now's the time to try again - we're very fortunate to have 5 good quality frozen embryos from the IVF cycle with my sister's eggs and the sperm donor. I'm 42 so time is of the essence!

I let my sister know yesterday that we were going to do another transfer as soon as possible and she said she feels let down and disappointed that we didn't discuss it with her first.

She then went on to say today that she only went ahead with the egg donation on the assumption that it was for our 'long-awaited second child' and she doesn't want us going again. I'm so upset that I may not have another baby and that I might have to destroy our embryos (after having lost 3 babies in the past; one full term) just to respect my sister's wishes. Am I right in thinking she's being unreasonable?! Please send help! X

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LewishamMum · 25/06/2021 08:57

Oh that is wonderful! I'm really happy for you, and I think in a few months you will be ready to try for DC3. Wishing you all the best.

Pouragandt · 16/04/2022 00:41

@LewishamMum

Oh that is wonderful! I'm really happy for you, and I think in a few months you will be ready to try for DC3. Wishing you all the best.
Hello! I know it's an old thread now, but you were so kind to ask last year how things were going.

Sadly, it's very unlikely that we will have another baby. I have been advised that it is too risky for me to carry another child because of two complicated previous deliveries, and surrogacy is a whole other rabbit hole that we're reluctant to go down!

We are incredibly fortunate to have 5 perfectly graded embryos which makes it all even harder, but we're hugely lucky for the children we have. Just not looking forward to the day we have to say goodbye to those embryos. So tough as many people going through IVF would give anything to have embryos of that quality - life can be cruel x

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