Will my baby look like me if I use a donor egg?

Because a donor egg won't share any of its genes with its intended mother, there's a chance the baby will not resemble its mother. However, if her partner's sperm was used, the baby may look like its father because they share the same genetics.
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Is the baby related to the egg donor?

Mom and baby will not be genetically related. Donor eggs give women the incredible possibility of being pregnant and giving birth to a baby. However, even though that baby is very much their own, it's important to understand that it will not be genetically related.
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Is an egg donor the biological mother?

When donor eggs are used, the recipient is the biological mother of the child, but has no genetic relationship. Her partner (or sperm donor) has both a biological and genetic relationship to the child.
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Will my egg donor baby have my DNA?

Donor Eggs Epigenetics and Birth Mother

The resounding answer is yes. Because the baby's DNA will only come from the egg donor and the sperm provider, many women using donor eggs worry that they will not share any genetic information with their child.
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Can you choose what your egg donor looks like?

Egg Donor's Appearance

Many intended parents choose donors with similar ethnicity, hair color, eye color, or height and body build. While choosing an egg donor who looks like you increases the chance of your baby having similar features, our genetic makeup comes from multiple generations of ancestors.
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Will my child via egg donation look similar to me?



How do I know if my child is an egg donor?

Top Ten Tips for Telling Children About Donor Egg, Sperm, and Embryo
  1. Telling is a process, not a one- or even two-time event. ...
  2. Don't wait. ...
  3. It's never too late. ...
  4. The basic ingredients of the story are “simple”. ...
  5. Language matters. ...
  6. Leave the door open to further questions. ...
  7. It's the child's story.
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What is the disadvantage of egg donor?

Egg Donors may also experience temporary weight gain (e.g., several lbs.) until their next menstrual cycle, as a result of this bloating. If the Egg Donor over-stimulates she may run the risk of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, which is rare condition that typically occurs in less than 5% of Egg Donors.
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Do IVF babies look the same?

While IVF babies are generally a little smaller than average at birth, those frozen as pre-embryos tend to be heavier. Our family bears this out. Despite being classed as inferior on day five of their existence, our son weighed 2lb (0.9kg) more than our daughter at birth – she was just under 7lb, he was just under 9lb.
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How much DNA is in a donor egg?

When an egg cell and a sperm cell combine, the individual DNA from each also combine. So, when a baby is conceived use a donor egg, the genes from the donor egg and from the sperm provider combine. The baby's genetic code then consists of 50% from the egg donor and 50% from the sperm provider.
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Will the baby look like the surrogate mother?

So, if the surrogate is a traditional surrogate (meaning she contributed the egg in addition to carrying the baby), then yes — the baby will look like her. If, however, the surrogate is a gestational surrogate (meaning another woman's egg was used to create the embryo), then the baby will not look like the surrogate.
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Should you tell your child they are IVF?

Unlike same-sex or single parents, heterosexual parents may be able to hide the fact that their baby was born via IVF. But experts encourage all parents to tell their children about their origins, honestly, in terms they can understand, and when the time is right, rather than treating it as a forbidden secret.
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What is an IVF baby called?

"Test tube baby" is a term sometimes used by the media to refer to children conceived with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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Does IVF increase autism?

IVF Children May Have Higher Odds of Autism: Study. THURSDAY, March 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Children conceived through assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization, are twice as likely to have autism as those conceived without assistance, a new study finds.
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What are the chances of twins with donor eggs?

The chance of donor eggs resulting in a pregnancy with twins or multiples is about 40 percent, so the doctor is likely to transfer only one or two embryos to the uterus. If the treatment works, an embryo implants in the uterus and grows into a baby. (Any extra embryos can be frozen for future use.)
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Do egg donors face long term risks?

Egg donors have reported long-term effects including aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer, sometimes occurring just a few years after donation.
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Does egg donation cause weight gain?

Temporary Weight Gain

Donors can gain approximately 3-5 pounds in weight due to an increase in the size of their ovaries and associated fluid retention (taller women may gain more). This is temporary and should resolve completely following your first period after your donor cycle is complete.
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Are donor eggs more successful?

“Donor egg or sperm is associated with a higher success rate in treating infertility,” suggests Dr Tiwari. In fact, studies suggest that couples going in for a donor egg IVF cycle have a 50 to 60% likelihood of conceiving in the first attempt—a number that goes up to 90% with multiple attempts.
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Can IVF babies have Down syndrome?

Drugs used in IVF for older women may increase their risk of having a baby with Down's syndrome, experts say. Doctors already know that the chance of having a baby with the genetic condition goes up with the age of the mother, especially for those over 35.
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Are more IVF babies male or female?

You are 3- 6% more likely to have a baby boy than a girl when using IVF to conceive. IVF increases the odds of a boy from 51 in 100 when conceived naturally to 56 in 100 with IVF.
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How common is autism in IVF?

Results Of the more than 2.5 million infants born, 30 959 (1.2%) were conceived by IVF and were followed up for a mean 10 (SD, 6) years. Overall, 103 of 6959 children (1.5%) with autistic disorder and 180 of 15 830 (1.1%) with mental retardation were conceived by IVF.
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What is a sunshine baby?

"Angel Baby," "Sunshine Baby," and "Rainbow Baby" are terms that refer to babies born just before or after another baby is lost due to a variety of reasons. They help immediate family members move through the grieving process and find meaning in the loss.
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What is a unicorn baby?

Babies who wake up every 2 hours to feed for weeks and weeks

Waking every 1-4 hours is much more common than babies who sleep 8 hours a night from birth (I like to call these super sleepers "unicorn babies" - I have heard of them, but have never experienced one myself).
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Are IVF babies born normal?

The simple answer is yes. Millions of babies have been born using In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and they are perfectly healthy. The procedure does not pose any short term or long term risk to the health of the child. The primary difference between IVF babies and normal babies is the way in which they are conceived.
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Are IVF babies related to their parents?

It's a fertility treatment that creates an embryo using the genetic (DNA) material from three people: the parents and an egg donor. During normal conception, a fertilized egg has a mix of nuclear DNA from both parents.
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Do IVF babies grow faster?

The University of Manchester led study of 5,200 IVF children found that singleton babies conceived from fresh embryo transfers - used in two thirds of all IVF - are associated with lower birth weights, head circumference and length, but then grow more quickly, catching up to naturally conceived children by school age.
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