[AnnieK]

Yeah...in some respects the risks are higher but if she has used donor eggs, they will have come from a woman who is 36 or below so the risks reduce in that respect that say a woman in her 40s who gets pregnant naturally.

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

And wouldn't be funny anyway...

Originally Posted by anniek76

And wouldn't be funny anyway...

That's always a given annie.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

Go ahead, I've already knocked you off my list just for that implication anyway

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Go ahead, I've already knocked you off my list just for that implication anyway

It wasn't a complete post. I meant to put Annie at the start of the sentence.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Wants to make a joke about Niamh in this thread but it's just too darn close to ML.

Did you not get the memo? The only thing old and ancient is that long dead joke you love to flog.

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Did you not get the memo? The only thing old and ancient is that long dead joke you love to flog.

I'd probably be offended if I even knew who you were.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Yeah...in some respects the risks are higher but if she has used donor eggs, they will have come from a woman who is 36 or below so the risks reduce in that respect that say a woman in her 40s who gets pregnant naturally.

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

Yeah, even if the eggs aren't hers, the baby is still at risk through being carried by her isn't it? I would've thought so anyway.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What would be the point in going through a pregnancy at that age though but not even using your own eggs? You may as well just adopt if the baby isn't even going to be biologically yours anyway

It would still be biologically hers. Basically in your late 30s your egg start to deteriorate leading to more chromosomal defects like Downs etc but if you use a donor egg there is less chance of that but the baby still develops the placenta in the sme way so has your blood supply etc... the problems start sometimes because your body knows during natural conception if an egg is going to be a viable pregnancy and so doesn't allow implantation if there is any problems. But because they are grown in a petri dish and then implanted some will implant with birth defects that usually wouldn't but they are usually found quite quickly as you have lots of scans during the process....

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by anniek76

It would still be biologically hers. Basically in your late 30s your egg start to deteriorate leading to more chromosomal defects like Downs etc but if you use a donor egg there is less chance of that but the baby still develops the placenta in the sme way so has your blood supply etc... the problems start sometimes because your body knows during natural conception if an egg is going to be a viable pregnancy and so doesn't allow implantation if there is any problems. But because they are grown in a petri dish and then implanted some will implant with birth defects that usually wouldn't but they are usually found quite quickly as you have lots of scans during the process....

What? what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What? what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

Legally it's Tina's I think but I'm not 100% sure biologically.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Legally it's Tina's I think but I'm not 100% sure biologically.

But I thought you just said if Tina Malone got a donor egg the baby would still be hers biologically?

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

But I thought you just said if Tina Malone got a donor egg the baby would still be hers biologically?

Yeah I've confused myself here. When I was going through IVF I looked into being an egg donor and I think they are classed as biologically the donor mother but I guess in Tina's case she wants to carry her child...I will have to look back through my stuff but just off out now....mmm sorry I may be causing confusion..

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What? what about people who use surrogates then? Like Gary and Izzy in Corrie?? Is the baby biologically Tinas or Izzys? I assumed it was Izzys since it was her egg used

If it was Izzys egg, then it will be biologically Izzy's child (I dont watch corrie)

But I think you can get surrogates where your egg is implanted in another woman. In which case the child would biologically be yours.

I was asked a few months ago to be a surrogate for a gay couple actually...dont quite know how that would work, as the child couldnt be both of theirs I dont think..

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

If it was Izzys egg, then it will be biologically Izzy's child (I dont watch corrie)

But I think you can get surrogates where your egg is implanted in another woman. In which case the child would biologically be yours.

I was asked a few months ago to be a surrogate for a gay couple actually...dont quite know how that would work, as the child couldnt be both of theirs I dont think..

I've always thought I would be ok with being a surrogate for someone close to me if they couldn't have kids but that'd be only if the child I was carrying wasn't biologically mine

[Cherie]

Good Luck to her and her husband, she is just slightly over the age some women can still conceive naturally anyway.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I've always thought I would be ok with being a surrogate for someone close to me if they couldn't have kids but that'd be only if the child I was carrying wasn't biologically mine

I think I would only do it for family.

This guy that asked me..I'm kinda close to his boyfriend, but I had never really spoke to him. I found it extremely cheeky to be honest with you. If it had come from his boyfriend who I have known for years then it would have been different..but it was like being asked by a stranger :/