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Egg donation: an act of love and solidarity for Sophie
Pregnant with her second child, Sophie realizes how lucky she is to be able to give birth. Egg donation is then imposed on her, as a matter of course …
“How did I get the click …”
“It was when I was lucky enough to be pregnant with my second child, just when we decided, that I really realized how lucky we were. And it is from that moment that I said to myself: if I can help couples who are having difficulty conceiving, in any way, then I have to do it.
What we are experiencing with our son, who moves us every day, and with this growing baby in my womb, it is necessary that all the couples who wish to be able to live it, that everyone can have access to it.
The idea caught on. One day when we have made up our whole family, I will help a couple by donating my eggs. “
“An egg donation helps about two couples. “
“And then finally, the opportunity presented itself faster than expected. My sons were 1 and 3 years old. On the internet forum where I have been registered for years, a young woman explained over the days, months, years, her long obstacle course for her and her companion to become parents. Their last medical appointment was without return, they had to go through the egg donation to have a baby. Naturally, without thinking further, I offered my help… ..
In France, waiting lists for egg donation are long, rare donors and numerous recipients. Also, to move faster, doctors suggest that recipients find potential donors, who would make them register on privileged lists. The donation is anonymous and free. An egg donation helps around two couples.
“This egg donation has brought us even closer together”
“So we made an appointment at the AMP center. Us, my husband and me! It’s a couple gait, we knew that this donation would bring about some changes in our daily life. We were able to ask our questions, we have always been welcomed with open arms by the medical team, the psychologist, the midwife, the geneticist, the gynecologist. This gift has brought us even closer.
I must have had several blood tests at different times in my menstrual cycle. Then, once all the results had been obtained and the administration had been settled, I took the first tablet to stimulate my ovaries, in order to have better ovulation. Throughout our journey, I explained our approach to those around us. I tried to make an objective publicity for egg donation. Opinions are divided, reservations are numerous…. “
“The donation of gametes: an act of love and solidarity”
“Why did I do it? Why does the entire medical team thank me so much? I did it for share our happiness of being parents, to do something good, something that I can be proud of without a priori, without ulterior motives. Does this donation bring me nothing? On the contrary, throughout the meetings, the different stages, I was able to observe what all these couples had to go through, recounting their intimate lives, their eating and sports habits,…. Their courage to continue to fight against the reflections of those around them “worry it will come, stop thinking about it” or “you do not know how to do it …”
I was very sensitive to the fact of give hope to suffering couples, to make them understand that they are not alone, that it is not because we have our children when we want them that we forget them and that, on the contrary, it is through them that we make ourselves even more account of the luck that we have. In all the documentation, I could read that a donation was a generous act. Yes surely, it is above all an act of love and solidarity. “