What Do We Know and What Can We Learn from Families Created Through Egg Donation?

Applegarth, Linda D.; Riddle, Mary P.

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“…Despite several surveys finding that egg donation mothers describe "instant bonding" to their baby at birth (Applegarth & Riddle, 2007;Hertz & Nelson, 2016), the present findings suggest a more individualized and nuanced experience of establishing a bond that occurred at different timepoints for different mothers. Goldberg and colleagues (2013) have argued adoptive parents may come to parenthood with a "heightened awareness of the bonding process."…”

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“…Many viewed the absence of a genetic connection as of little significance, with some reporting instantaneous bonding with their baby as soon as they learned they were pregnant. Similarly, a survey of American mothers found that women reported feeling an emotional connection in utero and instant bonding with their infant at birth (Applegarth & Riddle, 2007). However, as details of the method of data analysis used were not provided, how representative of the sample this statement is remains unclear.…”

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“Making the child mine”: Mothers’ thoughts and feelings about the mother–infant relationship in egg donation families.

Imrie¹,

Jadva²,

Golombok³

2020

Journal of Family Psychology

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The number of families being created through fertility treatment with donor eggs is increasing yearly. Women who conceive in this way share a gestational but not genetic relationship with their child, yet there is limited understanding of how mothers experience the mother-child relationship during its formative period, infancy. This study explored heterosexual mothers' thoughts and feelings about the mother-infant relationship in families created through egg donation. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 85 women who had conceived following egg donation treatment at U.K. fertility clinics. Mothers had at least 1 infant (6 -18 months) and were living with the child's father. Interview data were analyzed according to the principles of thematic analysis. The results showed that egg donation mothers used a range of strategies across the transition to parenthood that enabled them to establish their identity as the child's mother and facilitated the process of helping them feel that the baby was their own. This process was individual to each woman, with the absent genetic connection varying in significance between mothers. The strategies employed enabled most mothers to adjust successfully to parenthood and manage any ambivalence and uncertainties associated with nongenetic parenthood. Most mothers felt secure and confident in their position as the child's mother by the end of the first year.

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“Making the child mine”: Mothers’ thoughts and feelings about the mother–infant relationship in egg donation families.

Imrie¹,

Jadva²,

Golombok³

2020

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Applegarth et al установили, что основными мотивирующими факторами для реципиентов ооцитов были: генетическая связь ребенка с партнером (42%), желание испытать беременность (36%) и недоверие к процессу усыновления (22%). Bartlett (1991) также привел подобные результаты, но для женщинреципиентов основным мотивирующим фактором было желание испытать беременность (43%), за которым следует желание иметь ребенка (21%) и желание иметь генетически родственное партнеру потомство (14%) [54].…”

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“…Что касается выбора анонимного или неанонимного донора ооцита, то в большинстве исследований было установлено, что реципиенты предпочитают анонимных доноров [52,54]. Из тех, кто выбрал неанонимного донора, почти все выбрали родственников или друзей [55][56][57].…”

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IVF with donor oocytes and surrogate motherhood. Psychological specificities of patients

Trifonova¹,

Zhukova²,

Grinyeva³

et al. 2019

Vopr. ginekol. akuš. perinatol.

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Использование донорских яйцеклеток позволило многим женщинам родить ребенка, который является для них биологическим, но не генетическим. В тех случаях, когда детородный орган у женщины отсутствует или беременность для нее противопоказана, прибегают к использованию программы по суррогатному материнству. Для женщин и их партнеров беременность, роды и переход в статус родителей представляют собой очень важный и значимый период их жизни. Часто ошибочно считают, что беременность и материнство после лечения бесплодия с использованием вспомогательных репродуктивных технологий (ВРТ) являются беспроблемными и удовлетворительными. Однако ВРТ привносят определенные риски и проблемы. Исследования в этой области указывают на наличие неудовлетворенных психосоциальных ожиданий женщин и их партнеров после успешного лечения бесплодия ВРТ. В обзоре представлены психологические особенности пациентов при использовании донорских яйцеклеток или вступающих в программу «Суррогатное материнство». Ключевые слова: донация ооцитов, психологическое состояние реципиентов, суррогатное материнство

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“…The decision to use oocyte donation also can be emotionally challenging for the woman and the couple as a whole (18). Egg donor recipients face grief associated with infertility and the loss of biological contribution to their offspring as well as the uncertainty about issues of disclosure (23,24). Additionally, ethical issues between the provider, the recipient, and the donor can be complex and taxing (25).…”

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A cross-sectional cohort study of infertile women awaiting oocyte donation: the emotional, sexual, and quality-of-life impact

Carter

Applegarth

Josephs

et al. 2011

Fertility and Sterility

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What Do We Know and What Can We Learn from Families Created Through Egg Donation?

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

“Making the child mine”: Mothers’ thoughts and feelings about the mother–infant relationship in egg donation families.

“Making the child mine”: Mothers’ thoughts and feelings about the mother–infant relationship in egg donation families.

IVF with donor oocytes and surrogate motherhood. Psychological specificities of patients

A cross-sectional cohort study of infertile women awaiting oocyte donation: the emotional, sexual, and quality-of-life impact

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