Paul M. Cook wrote:

> "Kathleen" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Pete C." > wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Any child you carry becomes your own.
>>>>>
>>>>>I understand the legal precedents, I understand the biology and the
>>>>>genetics.
>>>>>
>>>>>And I can understand deciding to cement your emotional bond with a
>>>>>chosen life partner by swapping embryos.
>>>>>
>>>>>How does this differ from chosing to carry the child created by the
>>>>>"normal" procreative acts of a hetero couple? "I wanna have your baby".
>>>>
>>>>Bingo.
>>>
>>>
>>>So the male can donate the egg too? He makes the baby on his own without
>>>the assistance of the mother? I think the "bingo" is a miss here. It
>>>takes two parts. You may want that man to be the father, but it is still
>>>the egg of the mother.
>>
>>I can't decide if you're being deliberately thick here or not.
>>
>>A male genetic donor masturbates into a cup.
>>
>
>
> It's a graduated cyliner with a blue plastic funnel. Don't ask.
>
>
>>An egg donor undergoes months of painful hormone injections with multiple
>>side effects, followed by egg harvest via transvaginal needle.
>>
>>An egg donor's cycles are already synched for implantation. Her decision
>>to carry a pregnancy, her own or anybody elses, is an incredible act of
>>deliberate grace involving 9 months of her life in addition to the weeks
>>required to prime her body for the harvest of her eggs via GIANT FRICKIN
>>NEEDLE THROUGH THE VAGINA.
>>
>>This is not a trivial, frivolous procedure, nor is implantation of the
>>embryos. Those who have undergone these procedures describe it as walking
>>through fire to make their children.
>>
>>How dare you pass judgement?
>>
>
>
> Nobody is judging. But after the way you describe it, why would anyone go
> through it just to swap embryos? Seems to be not only very expensive but
> rather unpleasant as well just to be romantic.


Don't know. And given that I don't have to pay, I don't care.

None of my damned business.

Congrats to the both of them!