Stephany's Introduction

[Stephany]

Hi,
I am a member of the Aussie Egg Donor forum and our lovely Cindy suggested that I join the Bub Hub community. We are currently seeking an egg donor and would love to hear from other women and their experiences in the process.

Love to hear from you.:)

Stephanie

[lukaelmo]

Hey Stephany,

I haven't any experience with egg donation, but wanted to welcome you to bubhub :D

[xkwzit]

Hi Stephany
I'm sure that Cindy has pointed you in the direction of our embrionic egg doner section, there's a lot of supportive ppl out there and we are all learning more about this topic everyday.

We look forward to sharing your journey with you :D

[provencein3]

Hi Stephany

I'm relatively new to the prospect of egg donation - just starting to advertise so perhaps I am at the same stage as you.

My journey started where a lot start. on IVF. I think my Dr was trying to "prepare" me for the possibility that I may not be successful on IVF and so suggested using an egg donor. She mentioned however that the waiting list was very long - 3-5 years or thereabouts. I think I was a little more optimistic than her so didn't pursue this at the time and managed to fall pregnant.

I have been ttc#2 for about 18 mths. This time to date I have not been so lucky conceiving. I guess that is the hardest part - accepting that in fact you are not going to be able to produce a child that has your genes, particularly when so many comments by people are "who does he/she look like". However I want so much for my child to have a sibling that I accepted that was what had to be done.

I have to say I also investigated the option of adoption but again the time frame was significant - about 4 years - and extremely expensive - around $20,000.

I investigated a few forums to try to determine what the issues were and how I felt about very aspects of egg donation ie how much and what form of contact with the donor etc. I was chating on one forum and threw out the comment "does anyone know of a person who may be interested...." I managed to get a potential donor. However it never really progressed past that point. We had a visit to my doctor but she didn't have the blood test and our counselling appointments kept being changed. I wasn't sure whether she wasn't interested or whether it was a case of different priorities.

I decided to step back from it all for a little. Looking for a donor can take over your life. It had become my primary focus with trying to find out all the issues and then trying to get the ball rolling.

I feel a lot more relaxed now and recently got a response to another advert. However as I didn't specifically state in that advert that I was a sole parent, I didn't receive a follow up email. My potential donor evaporated into air. As someone else said to me, they didn't have anything against single parents, it was a case that they'd not considered it because they always thought of donating to a lovely couple.

Such is life I guess. So all in all with trying to find a donor and then trying to find a donor that suits your circumstances ie how much contact etc, its certainly not easy. but it does happen so I guess its a case of being positive and continuing my search.

[leisurly]

I thought I'd revive this thread today, I found it a few days ago when I decided to see what was on the last page of egg donor issues and there it was the very first thread!!!

An introduction by Stephanie, dated feb 2006, it can take a while this journey and for all of you who feel time is ticking by, think of Stephanie who finally got a fantastic blood result today.

Stephanie I hope these little embies stick, and the next chapter of your life can start

Lxx

[Dream]

Congrats, Stephanie and Diana!:yelclap::yelclap::yelclap:dream