To the parents who chose to use a donor and now fear you made a mistake after reading some of these stories

Submitted on: August 27, 2015

Dear parents out there who fear they made the wrong choice not every donor kid grows up to hate the parents who made the choice to use a donor but a lot do. I know you are probably scared that your child will grow up to hate you to but i think it will depend a lot on the choices you make through out your child’s life and weather or not you are honest. Im not going to lie its hard being a donor kid some of the worst memory’s for me was dads day at school where dads come in and talk about their career or trying to explain to my friends why i didn’t have a dad its a complicated thing for a child to understand let alone explain. But one thing I think that sets me apart from so many donor kids is I knew I knew as long as I could remember. most people don’t find out till they are much older and when they do find out it flips their world upside down its like their whole life was a lie and its like a whole piece of their soul is stripped away. but if you tell your kids early on make them understand it will be alot better for the both of you, there will still always be a vacancy in that child’s life an emptiness a longing for something that be there for their whole life but its something they can handle because they’ve always known it wasn’t dropped on them like a bomb.
Your child will reach a point in time where they want to try to find there donor or half sibs though the likely hood that they will be able to is slim but dont try to stop them or make them feel guilty because they will resent you if you do them trying to find their bio family is not a way of replacing you the just need to know and mostly cant explain why. but imagine walking down the street wondering if every man who fits the discrimination could be the person who helped make you possible or fear that their boyfriend or girlfriend could be their half sibling. they just need to try to understand and if you try to help them rather then stop it will be better for your relationship with your child. don’t hide the truth and help them through all the ups and downs that’s what you will do if you really care for the child you paid so much to have brought into this world