pov: i feel my child won’t see me as their real mum
This is such a common fear, but how does it work out in reality?
I recently had a wonderful chat with @donorchild all about her experiences growing up donor-conceived.
These are the unique views of Emma and of course not all donor-conceived people feel the same way.
However, I believe that Emma's parents adopted a great strategy to help her feel proud about her donor conception. Here's some tips that we can learn from.
🍍 Be transparent and open with your child from birth about your reproductive story.
🍍 Create a kid-friendly storybook about your journey and read it to your child regularly as they grow and develop from at least age 1 onwards.
🍍Work on your feelings about your fertility journey. If you can get to a place of pride and acceptance about what you went through to have a child then your child will most likely feel the same way about their conception story.
🍍 Your strength and determination to share the love on your heart with your child is something to be celebrated and sharing your sense of pride with your child helps your child to also feel celebrated and proud of their donor conception.
🍍 You are the birth mum. You raised your child and that is something that is irreplaceable.
🍍 Genetics is important and I firmly believe it's our role as parents to support our children's curiosity as they grow and develop.
Have a listen to my conversation on Donor Egg Mama podcast with @donorchild episode 8 to hear more about her experience.
Check out episode 8 to listen to our conversation.