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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the pull to share this.

I mean if it is the result of a genetic condition that impacts fertility and your children encounter or are expected to encounter it as an adult, sure. But garden variety, non-heridetary trouble conveiving seems not important to share with children (child or adult) - you don't share that they were conveived in a bed or in a car or in a petri dish, right? It's uncomfortable and unnecessary, but up to you, I guess.

As for the IQ screening part: do not share. This could really backfire on you if your kids are hurt or offended, and if you have more kids with the lower ranked embryos, you'll have opened a pandora's box that is really hurtful and controversial. Do NOT share this. It is dangerous  ammunition that will be out of your hands once you do. [/quote]
Going through the process of having my child evaluated and diagnosed with ADHD involved filling out multiple forms that explicitly asked if they were conceived through IVF, how many weeks gestation at birth, birthweight, etc. It’s part of my child’s medical history and nothing to be ashamed of. Why wouldn’t I divulge it?

You know how kids are grossed out when they find out how babies are made? Not my kids! Their father and I weren’t even in the room when sperm met egg. Like a previous poster, we frequently drive past the clinic where they were conceived.[/quote]

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