After my initial meltdown yesterday, I am now feeling much better about my egg donor. I spoke with the nurse today and she said the main reason they chose her was because she has stimulated very well in past cycles and has had a "large output." She is proven. That's what really matters the most to me right now, so I feel really good about that. But, despite the difference in eye color, the nurse said the donor shares many physical characteristics with me and she's smart - still in college - and talented. She said she thinks that I would like her - all that is just a plus. So, no green-eyed baby for me - but I probably wouldn't have gotten one anyway even if we did things the old fashioned way with my husband's brown eyes.
So, all is good - or as good as it can be. The only thing I'm worried about now is that AF still hasn't shown up. She was supposed to arrive on Saturday but this is the first cycle after my failed DE IVF cycle so I know things can be off, but I'm just hoping they aren't off so much that it screws everything up. Then, of course, I have those thoughts - wouldn't it be so cool if I were pregnant and didn't have to use the egg donor or the sperm donor - what a miracle that would be! But, I know better - it would be cool, though.
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I'm glad you're feeling better about the donor. But really, who knows what the baby's eye color will be. What color were the donor's parents' eyes? My mom has brown eyes, her mom had brown eyes but her dad had blue eyes. My mom therefore is a "carrier" of the blue eye gene. My dad has hazel/green eyes and so I had a 50-50 chance of having brown or hazel/blue eyes. Anyway, you never know...maybe you'll be surprised! But I'm most happy to hear that she's a proven donor. Let the egg production begin!
I was going to say what Best When Used By said. My stepbrother and his wife both have brown eyes. They have three kids: the oldest has brown eyes, the middle has green eyes, and the eyes of the youngest are bright sky blue.
So, while the odds are probably in favor of brown eyes, you really never know.
I know you are so over this, but wanted to add my thoughts.
As other posters have said, "You never know what you are going to get."
While I still sometimes wish LB was more like me and less like her genetic contributors, I remind myself that my genetic child could have turned out much like my father (horror of horrors)
LB has blue/gray eyes. Brad's are dark brown and both the donor and I have hazel eyes. I can see a resemblance between our donor's eyes and LB's, however.
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