Considering Nature Versus Nurture in Egg Donation
Both egg donor recipients and egg donors like to understand the facts of egg donation before embarking on this route. One of the issues that often brings many questions is the long standing debate of nature versus nurture. Donor egg recipients who are of the opinion that nature has a stronger role than nurture require extensive information on personality traits, family background, etc. Egg donors who contribute their genetic make-up also have a need to understand the impact of the child and its ultimate life - away from the genetic contributor. Egg donation means conceiving with donor eggs, so genetically there is a gift on the part of the egg donor and for the recipient - a receipt of genetic material. So how much of this genetic material contributes to the child's total make-up. Nature versus nurture! The answer is not an exact science as people will never have a chance to relive exact lives. In other words, no two circumstances can ever be the same. Having said this, several sc...