But, I needed to write today. See, one year ago today, something amazing happened. One year ago today, our egg donor went into an operating room and had 23 eggs removed from her ovaries. And, she gave them to me. 19 of those eggs fertilized and one of them became my incredible daughter.
The decision to use donor egg is not an easy one. As you know, I struggled with it for a long time. But, I never doubted the love I would feel for a baby conceived from donor egg and, looking at my daughter, there is absolutely no question in my mind that she is the baby I am supposed to be momma to!
This may sound strange, but, I am actually grateful for all of my years of infertility because, without them, I wouldn't have Alana. But, mostly, I owe my life to a woman I will never meet but who gave me the greatest gift someone can give another person. She gave me my baby.
Happy conception day, my love!
16 comments:
Beautifully said Lisa!
Happy Conception Day Alana!!
Happy conception day!
I hear you about it all...without donor sperm our daughter wouldn't be who she is...and I wouldn't give that up for anything :-)
Celebrating the conception of your sweet girl with you.
Gorgeous photos Lisa, makes me all warm inside to read the words that you have written. I feel the same about my situation. Not long to go and I'll be able to post some pictures of my miracle too!
She is amazing! Wow how times flies Lisa. xoxo
That was really sweet! Congratulations on a wonderful anniversary!
What a beautiful little girl! And what a lovely post!
Thinking of you and wishing you every happiness.
What a wonderful anniversary to celebrate!!!! :)
Beautiful.
Your words go right to my heart. I clicked here for a reason. Thank you. I think I am with you and now that I am here, it seems absurd I ever questioned it at all.
Your daughter is gorgeous. Someone call Gerber so you don't have to pay for college.
Congrats to you.Good to see your baby.She is amazing.
I didn't see this post when you posted it. But it brought tears to my eyes just now ... love is amazing.
And Alana is ADORABLE.
I totally get you about blogging - things have changed and maybe it's survivors guilt or something ... but it's just not the same. I think things will change and blogging will pick up again for me when we start cycling for #2.
Anyhow ... glad you posted a comment recently - glad to know things are going well for you, Glynn (right?) and Alana.
Hugs,
Polly
Its really amzing and good to see your baby.
Pretty cool site you've got here. Thanx for it. I like such topics and everything connected to them. I definitely want to read a bit more on that blog soon.
Joan Swenson
beautiful post!
Alana is gorgeous!!
Aw, she's so fricken cute!! Happy Day!
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