While timing a practice exam for my LSAT students not too long ago an e-mail popped onto my Blackberry that absolutely rocked my world. The message was from parents that were on the recipient end of my egg donation a couple of years ago.
Like most egg donations, ours started out anonymous. I knew that my eggs were going to a specific couple and they knew all there is to know about me except for my last name. I've always thought of my thinly veiled anonymity as a farce: the couple could find my full name with a few keystrokes and the assistance of Google. Protecting the anonymity of the recipients was obviously the real objective.
Despite the anonymous nature of the donation, I received a number of thoughtful and impactful messages from the recipients over the course of the donation, transfer, and pregnancy. Prior to the donation, on what seemed like the millionth day of ultrasounds, blood draws, and injections, I received a note describing their struggle with infertility that helped me re-focus on my purpose in participating in the cycle. After the retrieval and transfer, the couple sent word of a successful pregnancy. About nine months later, I heard that healthy babies (boy/girl twins) had been born. I was delighted that the couple shared this information with me (they were not required to do so pursuant to our contract).
When my Blackberry buzzed to alert me that I had a new e-mail during LSAT class, I received the most touching message yet from the recipient parents: an unexpected invitation to meet with the recipient family along with news about the twins' developing personalities and their family life. That message easily topped my excitement upon receiving my first callback invitation a few weeks ago.
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