Designer Babies for the general population and a Celebrity Battling Infertility

Anyone else catch the irony in the 2 articles below? They are from the same day,the same planet,the same century!


Is the reporter in Charlotte SC that narrow-minded to think they can't get anyone to read about infertility and ordinary people seeking specific criteria in an egg donor without it being "a designer baby". Its usually celebrities or the obviously-too-rich-and-selfish who are tied to that antiquated terminology.


Its long been known that Nicole Kidman has had infertility issues. I'm so glad she has chosen to handle her situation with class and dignity and that ABC news headline treats her as a human being with feelings, not just (and so much more important than) her celebrity status.


Still,if she's being honest and open about using an egg donor and gestational carrier, I'm very pleased that she could be our spokesperson. Its not like she needs another award or to endorse some other product,right?


So, thanks Nicole and Keith and congratulations. May you and your family enjoy only health and happiness always in welcoming your new baby!
Sincerely,
Sara Axel

2 Your Health: Designer Babies | WCBD-TV 2

http://www2.counton2.com/news/2011/feb/21/2-your-health-designer-babies-ar-1489286/

The Family Scholars

From the Family Scholars-the meanest cruelest bloggers out there and this is what the say about posting comments
on their site:


Bloggers and commenters: be rigorous, be powerful, be funny, but don't be mean.

DE Moms Talking about the NYC Gathering Nov 14,2010

To start with,here's a conversation that sums it all up for me. The other mom is a married parent of a non-de kid (older daughter mentioned below) and the other a de kid. 
She said:

Good work, Mama. It was a nice event. Husband was glad he went.  Our daughter was glad we went.  She was impressed that so many people were all there to discuss be in or becoming a family "like us".  Today after dinner I hugged her and told her that the day she was born, the day I first became a mother, was one of the happiest of my life.  Her response was  "I think that will make me really happy too one day.  And if I can't  have kids  I'll adopt one or get some eggs".  So matter-of-fact. I thought that was awesome.

And I said, Thank you for being you and being there for me as well-notes like this make itworthwhile. My daughter was totally beaming and very into it that yours asked for a play date.So, I said we'd come to the city to have one soon. I mean she was glowing! Then shesaid why dont you guys come here. Then stopped herself and said, no, they can't come here because its too messy at our house. So I said that not only do we like to go to the citybut that it really doesnt matter where we have a playdate, just that we have one. 

Long Island Parents via DS - photo story books, meeting donor sibling family, share their journey with us.

Deciding on a round-table discussion for the workshop, consider this one...


Long Island Parents via DS-will show us their photo story books, discuss their experience meeting donor sibling family, and share their journey with us. 

 I am not only inspired by their personal story and  creative way of story-telling about donor-conception to their child, I have personally been exploring digital and real-life scrapbooking and photographyas a way to tell our own family story. The opportunity to open up the discussion between parents and children through visual and personal means is very empowering to me.