Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation: Second Edition

It took some time but finally received in good shape

This book was recommended to us by a therapist/counselor familiar with REI. This is a fantastic book that provides a realistic view of the world of egg donation allowing the reader to become confident in their new found knowledge of the process as well as what to expect. It also includes some family and parent accounts.

This book contained some helpful info but left me feeling worried about the process. Other books have left me more optimistic.

For anyone considering third party reproduction, this is a valuable and insightful resource. If / when I get pregnant though Egg Donation, I will use this book as a guide, referring to it over and over again.

Is a good book

Great book on helping you both decide on doing egg donation and understand the process of it. Brings up great questions to think about. Highly recommend!

I found this book to be really helpful in many ways--it offers lots of information and guidance and does so in a way that consistently demonstrates that the authors "get" the experience of infertility. Other reviews indicate that readers found the first edition to be biased against older moms but I found no evidence of this in the second edition. In fact, very much the opposite. My wife and I are both 43 and we feel like we're in a race against time. I felt that the authors understood and addressed our dilemma. The book is especially helpful in offering guidance about choosing a donor, which I find to be one of the most confusing and stressful aspects of egg donation. Perhaps more than anything, I came away from the book feeling that this really CAN be a good option for our family. While the authors seem to be talking primarily to women, I felt very much included in the readership and hope that other men (as well as women) will get a lot out of reading it.

I'll admit I came to Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation with hesitation. I'm about to turn 43 and very much focused on my age, so when I read criticism of the earlier edition for being "snarky" about older mom's, I assumed this book would only upset me. What I found instead was a compassionate discussion of age --one that acknowledged that women my age often have regrets and lots of questions. The authors do raise a question of whether it is fair to a child to have a mom who is in her "late 50's, even 60's" when she gives birth, but I didn't find anything that made me that 43 is "too old." And looking beyond the age issue, the book is filled with so much practical and wise advice, especially about topics like talking with family and friends. I don't plan to travel abroad for egg donation but was interested to learn about that option.

A very interesting and informative book for those considering using egg donation. It is American so some content is not applicable in the UK but for me that was outweighed by how it helped me to think through the ethical and emotional considerations - particularly to think ahead to what 'story' will you tell any child conceived this way. I also found the experiences of those who have had families through egg donation helpful (although you can also find plenty of these on the Donor Conception Network website). The book advises openness with children conceived via egg donation so be aware of that if you have a different view, although I still think it would be good to read for a different perspective. Definitely recommended.

Quick easy to read book, stimulates some thoughts. I would have liked it to go into more detail about the process and concrete things to think about when deciding to move forward, vs what to do once you have decided it's the right thing for you.

This book is Amazing!!! I couldn’t put it down!!! My husband is reading it now !!! Totally recommend everyone to get it if there going to go through the process of using an egg donor!!