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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When should I tell my kids that they are IVF babies? Should I also tell them that we did IQ screening on the embryos or should I wait until they are adults to mention this detail? At what age did you tell your kids that they were IVF babies and how did you explain it?[/quote]

It is so clinical and cold.

Imagine your mother telling you that you were concocted in a lab.[/quote]
I thought like this before I actually went through IVF due to infertility. Once you’ve been through it, you realize that you (and any partner who went through this with you) invested so much time, effort, money, and physical discomfort in the process; you were so much more in tune with every phase of your menstrual cycle and every change in your body; you were so much more emotionally vulnerable; you and your partner were went through so many intimate experiences together, and shared the same hopes/prayers/fears/optimism/shock/devastation/despair/triumph/joy/gratitude; you had so many people working with you, encouraging you, praying for you, mourning with you, celebrating with you; it was all so intentional and emotional and all consuming that the experience was not cold and clinical at all. It was high drama, an emotional roller coaster, and it either seriously damaged your relationship with your partner or strengthened and deepened your bond through a trial by fire.[/quote]

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