Hello All,

A PED donor asked me a very good question and I just thought I would ask everyone for the opinion or share with me their personal ideas.

"What would I call your baby?"

The baby would obviously have a name, but we were wondering what a PED would call the baby after it was born, when talking to others about her generous gift that she had donated.

Thanks for reading

Not quite sure what you're asking?

Do you mean would the PED call your child by the name you gave it?

Or how they would refer to your child in the generic sense, like the son of my sister is my "nephew" and the child from the egg I donated is "..."

yes i think this is what she's getting at...
thats a stumper that one
something as cliche as 'doner child' just doesnt sound right

Yes that' s my question Jorgo.

I could only think of something like "egg baby", but if I was a donor I would like a a special name to use when explaining to others.

I kinda like Corova - I think it means heart (as in the non-physical attributes we ascribe to the heart, like love, courage etc) and egg.

What about tamagotchi? That means love egg too. He he he

I'm thinking that I'd just refer to the child by their name or as "blah and blah's child"

People who are aware of the donation will know about the connection.

To me it's very different to adoption, where the person could refer to their biological mother as a birth mum or bio mum. I would not consider myself to be any kind of mother to a donor conceived child.

How my children and the donor conceived child/ren defined their relationship as they grew up would be up to them.

(gosh, do I sound harsh and evil... sorry if I do)

Well for me of course there is a genetic link but it wouldn't be my child so I'd just call them by their name. If someone queried our connection then I would explain but I certainly wouldn't be introducing them as my 'egg baby' or anything weird like that

Just by their given name.
I have thought about donating over the years and never thought about any potential child born of that egg as mine to lay any kind of claim to. Even a pet name kind of claim.

I would call them by their name.

I dont think you need to add anything extra.

"My egg that was fertilised by someone else's sperm and then implanted in another womans uterus which developed into a baby" or just the childs name.

Humpty? It's the only egg related name I can think of

Seriously, I think being an egg donor is a lovely, unselfish act. And I don't think it's one that you need to advertise - I can't imagine going around talking to people about it, because I really don't see it as anyone's business outside of the egg donor, and the parents, and the child.
So I would simply assume the child's name would be enough.