“I went with the ‘open’ donor option, which means that when my daughter is 18, the sperm bank can facilitate an introduction between them if both donor and child agree. While I never need to know his identity, I felt I owed my future daughter that respect”
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In service of that, here are the rest of the questions I get asked about the process and my answers to them. These are my opinions and I can only speak for myself, but I hope my experience can help someone considering the donor decision, or those simply curious about the inner workings of it all.I had just moved back from Italy after a horrible break-up. It’s not that I was so in love with the guy , but I was sickened by the idea of starting over again. I was 37.
The most important thing for me was family health history — physical and mental. CCB offers an extensive look at all of that, and blood work is done before a donor is accepted into their program. They say it’s easier to get accepted into Harvard than it is to this particular sperm bank.
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