Perspective: How I learned to let go of genetic connections after my ovaries failed me
In all the romanticized versions of my life, none include trolling the Web for egg donors. By Christina Julian March 7 at 9:00 AM My fantasy of giving birth to a mini-me — equipped with my ski slope nose and penchant for frosting over cake and sports over stilettos — died in a sterile doctor’s office. He talked about premature ovarian failure and finished with our sole option for being pregnant and giving birth to a child: egg donation.
I’ll go along with this, I tell myself, on one condition: This girl must look like me. Brown hair, brown eyes and short in stature for starters. The last thing I want is some glamazon as my fertility counterpart, reminding me that I’ve fallen short not only in the baby-making department but also in length.“What’s wrong?”
The new search yields more than 50 candidates. I sift through just barely heartfelt prose from college-age women detailing why they want to save our infertile souls. The ones that wax on about helping a couple in need brand themselves as immediately untrustworthy. It’s hard to believe the thousands of dollars in donor compensation has nothing to do with their decision.
He zips off to work; I return to my laptop to overthink our supposed decision. I bounce about all over the donor site again to reassure myself that we are making the right call for an egg mama. Right as I am about to break into a rendition of the boohoo blues, I remember some parting words from my first boss. “You are a bulldog when you wanna be,” he said. “You never give up, which can work for or against you. What’s it gonna be?”
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