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Known Egg Donor - An egg donor that is known to the intended parents and the donor-conceived person will have access to their identity.

Why known egg donation?

So much emerging research today that supports a known donation being the best option. Third-party reproduction is relatively new; the first offspring from successful egg donation was born in 1983, during an era of keeping everything “hush-hush.” It is only now, as these children become adults, that we are learning about their feelings, perspectives and opinions about anonymity, and it is very apparent this community wants to be able to access information if needed. The industry is still changing, and Her Helping Habit is a leader in this. Please contact us for a list of research articles.

Known Egg Donation allows for exchanging pertinent information between the intended parents and potential donors. Recipients and egg donors are free to choose whether to meet in person or not, and they can elect to maintain contact throughout their lives or leave the lines of communication open for later exchanges of information.

Her Helping Habit can assist you with determining what level of communication works best for all parties.

 

Using a known donor to complete your family:

  • Puts honesty at the heart of family relationships

  • Is respectful of donor-conceived children/people as individuals in their own right

  • Allows donor-conceived people to make choices about their lives

  • Allows donor-conceived children to learn about aspects of their history, integrate the knowledge as they grow up and accept their story without shock or distress

  • Means that significant differences between a child and parent (in looks, talents etc.) can be easily explained. Some DC adults have thought they must be adopted or the result of an affair by their mother.

  • Means that a true medical history (or lack of it) can be given to doctors, making diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions more accurate. It also removes anxiety for the child about inheriting disorders from the non-genetic parent (if any). 

  • Does not mean that children will reject their non-genetic parent(s).

 
 

our top three

reasons for only

supporting Known

Donations

reasons to choose known egg donation

Everyone has Concerns…

Below are real concerns that previous and prospective donors and intended parents have regarding the known donor process. We found the concerns of donors and intended parents were very similar! Do any of these feelings resonate with you?

Donors Concerns:

  1. That donor children will be unhappy with the number of half-genetic siblings out there.

  2. The expectation that the donor co-parents

  3. That someone with information will seek the donor out if things don't work out.


Intended Parent Concerns:

  1. Having a disagreement during the process and being on “bad terms.”

  2. That the relationship wouldn’t work out the way any party (child, parent and donor) had hoped for.

  3. Legal access to the child - both in person and electronically. I want to ensure that access is only at the recipient/donor-conceived child's request and not initiated by the donor.

  4. That they would form an attachment to the child that made me uncomfortable.

  5. Donor wanting too much involvement with my family or more contact than we agree to.

  6. Her commitment to being known and sharing medical history with us.

  7. Changing their minds and wanting more of an open adoption situation.

But! With some guidance, known egg donation doesn’t have to be scary or cross your boundaries.

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