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Choosing a donor
Jais
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I am sure that some go by color of hair and eyes, etc. but what do you think of what they wrote? I thought is was interesting what one donor wrote and it filled me with optimism. Just wondered what some of you thought or felt. Am I being weird?
Thanks ladies!!!
Thanks ladies!!!
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Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
Our donor made the cut and we are SUPER happy with him and even more ecstatic that, as far as we know, there are no other kids from our donor.
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Try imagining what you'd say to your teenage child about their donor, looking at their profile together with your kid. We chose a donor we could say, "Look. He was a good man, a decent man, a kind man. And a little wacky and funny. But he really wanted to do this for the right reasons, and we chose him because he felt like the -right- man to be your father."
He has spunk too. Spunk is a good vibe for us.
~ Sandy
Pardon my crassness, but isn't that the whole point *wink*?!
Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
We did narrow it down by eye color first (blue) and hair second (blonde or brown). CMV- was also a must for us, as I don't know my CMV status and we didn't want to take any chances with that. From there, it was all the answers to the questions. I mean, I know we will never meet the donor, but we wanted to choose one that seemed like a good, caring, honest, responsible guy. We got a good impression from his online/short profile and an even better one from his long profile.
If the answers are something you really enjoy reading or that are a big factor in your decision, you may want to consider buying the long profiles for your favorite 2 or 3. Definitely call NW and make sure those particular donors have vials available first though. Good luck choosing!
I am not sure about meeting although maybe in the future the child would want that option..that may be the only reason to consider it.
There's no obligation on either part (yours or the donor's). Some donors, at the time of filling out the application, are willing to meet. That just means that if the child wants to have contact with the donor (at age 18 or older), they can contact NW to try and do so. NW then tries to contact the donor. The donor may or may not want contact by then (some change their minds when they are older and/or married and/or have children of their own). They do not HAVE to agree to contact withthe child, even if they said they were willing to meet on their application. The same goes for a not willing to meet donor. He may change his mind later on and be willing to meet. Either way, there is no obligation...no requirement to meet at any point.
TTC #5 IUI at RE 11/4, medicated cycle. Yay!!!!!! It's a BFP!!!!!
Baby Hunter born in July 2012
Good Luck!
KT