After making the decision to work with an egg donor, Intended Parents suddenly become aware of an entirely new range of questions related to parenting. One of the most thought-provoking is the question of how they will discuss the issue with their child or children, if at all. The AFA (The American Fertility Association) has put together a tremendously useful, up-to-date and informative article and list of resources specifically for addressing this very important question.
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Talking with Children about Ovum Donation
Introduction
The first birth of a child conceived through ovum donation occurred in 1984. Since then an increasing number of fertility patients have used egg donation to become parents. As a result the number of children born via egg donation has increased every year. Although the exact number of children born from egg donation is not known, estimates are that between 1995 and 2007 there were 51,223 births recorded from fresh donor oocyte...
For full article, click on this link: http://www.theafa.org/library/article/talking_with_children_about_ovum_donation_2009/
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