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Category Archives: Donor Egg Parenting
Two
There are two reasons why I don’t publish posts often enough. The first has to do with generic laziness. I can lie and say that I’m busy, but I’m all caught up on Empire, so laziness it is. The other is that … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting
Tagged egg donation, grief, the kid: year 2, transfer
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Stock and Bonds
Yes. In answer to your question about whether I’m bonded with my baby after 14 months: Yes. Totally. Mostly. And if you want the emotional play-by-play, here it is: Love: Yes. I totally love her. It wasn’t instantaneous, and it didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting
Tagged baby, bonding, egg donation, egg donor, family, grief, hope, infertility, neurofibromatosis, not ready, period, support, testing, the kid: year 1, the kid: year 2, therapy
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Third Party Politics
“Should I use an egg donor?” is the debate for women dealing with rotten eggs. Approximately a 47 quadrillion threads on PVED and other donor egg forums address some version of this question, and the rhythm of the comments goes something like this: Concerned poster: … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting, PVED
Tagged baby, blog, egg donation, grief, hope, infertility, therapy
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Alone
The best piece of advice I’ve received from other parents is to leave well enough alone. If your baby is quiet, don’t give her a toy. If she’s happy with her toy, don’t sway her rocker. If she’s happy being swayed in her rocker, … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting
Tagged bonding, egg donor, grief, infertility, neurofibromatosis, popular culture, the kid: year 1, therapy
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Fuck You, Katie Couric: A Love Story
For those of you living under a rock or some other place where no one gives a shit about egg donation, Katie Couric recently did a segment about a donor egg conceived child and her family who met their donor for … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting, PVED
Tagged adoption, egg adoption, egg donation, grief, hope, infertility, language, popular culture, the kid: year 1
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Gray Matters
You know the feeling: you’re starving, and you really want a burger, but all you have is salad, so you eat the salad, and technically you aren’t hungry anymore because the salad was huge and had lots of avocado and sunflower … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Parenting, My Head, Parenting
Tagged egg donation, egg donor, family, grief, hope, infertility, the kid: year 1, therapy
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