I must reproduce a mini-ME! Narcissism at its Finest
8 08 2007I’m beginning to think that Childfree people must be some of the most sane folk around. Not for us the uncontrollable breeding of multiple replicants (a la Duggar). Not for us the incubating of eggs to consider passing on to possible daughters to ensure that they continue the tradition of kids. (I hear that there may even be sister to sister in the offing, too).
But is this -
How a 40 Something publisher used 20 something eggs to impregnate a 30 something uterus
the ultimate in outsourcing? I thought the cryptic puzzle of mommy freezing eggs for daughter was bad enough – this one makes even less sense.
In a nutshell this woman was so determined to have a baby with her own (or her husbands?) DNA that:
She had a 20–something beauty queen to donate the egg and a healthy 30–something carry the fertilised embryo to term (in other words she donated her uterus). The mother, 40 who in fact had no part of actually birthing the child still says that “she never thought for a moment that she (the baby) would not feel like “hers.”
She had practically no connection with this child yet, she feels a “connection?” Of course there is the chorus that says “well why shouldn’t she, she can afford to do it (IVF) and it’s her “choice.” Don’t dare say no, or we’ll have the usual “I want a child and why shouldn’t I spend $$$$$ to have a kid if I want one?”
Basically the fact was that she was so determined to have a beautiful child with her DNA that, well anything goes it seems.
That’s going to be one confused child. I mean, who is it’s mother? Really.
What a message to women all over – go to any length to have a child…having a child with your DNA is what counts, get the eggs, rent the uterus!
But hey. It’s called having it all.
Have a read of the story and comments.
And thanks Carisa for the link to this story.
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Loved that last bit in the post…
“Anyway, to answer your earlier questions: yes, the hot one donated her eggs, the minority one donated her uterus, and we have serious doubts about the use of the word “donated” in this context. Also: something sketchy happened where Beth had to forbid Sylvia, the Mexican-American, from “visiting” New York on account of the surrogacy laws …. and blah blah blah Cartier bracelet.”
Goodness gracious!
I think I remember seeing a graphic somewhere with a child wrapped up in saran with a sticker on it like a piece of meat you’d buy in a supermarket (”white, blue eyes, brown hair, etc.”).
We’re getting closer to it every day! Place your order now!
oh they are doing something similare here in the uk, its called save our sibling program.. they choose the next child to save the first child, they pick and choose the “correct” DNA. effectively they use it as spare parts..
Given that I was adopted at 5 yrs old I might have a different take on this issue.I do not a agree with trying to guarantee your child’s beauty but I do think a non-bio parent can have a connection to a child.My mother is my adoptive mother technically,but to me she is no less of a mother to me than if she gave me birth.In fact I have more of a connection to her than I do with my bio-mother and I have met her.Connection to a child is not based on biology but on love and nurturing.
but its when you turn achild into an object, you want this you want that, thats the time you have a chance of a disconnection from it.
a lot of birth parents, have no connection to their children as can be seen by the child abuse. the birth mother probably didnt want the child so put it up for adoption, that shows an obvious disconnection to that child.
One thing I noticed…the 40 year-old wants a DNA replicate, but it’s not her DNA. If the egg was donated by a 20 year-old beauty queen, then it’s her DNA, not the mother’s. So the kid’s not really the 40 year-old’s DNA replicate after all, so what the hell’s the point?