Gamete donation: when and how to tell the children

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When a couple needs to resort to a gamete donation treatment, both male and female, doubts and fears inevitably arise regarding the idea that they will not be their children genetically.

Beyond the uncertainty that can generate in the parents, the fact of how and when to tell the children what their origins, is also an important decision.

In FIV Recoletos we know that this process is not easy, for that reason we want to offer you a series of recommendations to those who find you in this situation.

Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article.

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Tell or not tell

The results of scientific studies are enlightening on this issue: telling the child the truth about the treatment of gamete donation is fundamental, since hiding it can be a serious parent-child conflict.

It must be borne in mind that this information, although it is also the responsibility of the parents who decided to initiate the process, belongs to the person who was born thanks to this technique.

Therefore, discovering that parents have hidden such personal information can produce, in many cases, a deterioration of trust in the family environment.

At what age is it better to say it?

From very small, approximately from 3 years, children begin to ask questions to adults as "where do babies come from" or "how were they born". Instead of letting these kinds of questions pass, experts recommend taking advantage of that moment to tell the child how he came to the world. Doing it at this stage of your life encourages you to assume this fact naturally and not find it strange when you are older.

However, it is important to communicate it by adapting the explanations to their age and their ability to understand and emotional maturity, since it is a topic that if technically developed for children is beyond their understanding. It is also important that parents tell you directly, and not other adults.

For this, the best way to tell is to do it through stories or stories. As you grow, your questions may be more specific and it is important to adapt the answers to what you can understand according to your age and development.

Tell the children through stories
egg donor in Guipuzcoa(Spain)

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