For starters, we live in the UK. Since 2005, every child conceived through a clinic has the right to find out the identity of their biological parent when they turn 18. We've reads a gazillion articles online, watched various documentaries (and a few hollywood movies) and all of those only reconfirmed that we wanted our child to know it's biological donor/parent from the beginning. We will absolutely be the parents, but we don't want to have to wait until age 18 for them to meet. We don't want him to be a mystery, or built up into something he isn't. We want him to be known by our child from the beginning as the donor who made everything possible. That's what WE want. Everyone is different and the most important thing is that you do what is best for you in your family.
We are fortunate in the UK that same sex civil partners who have a child are both listed as the parents on the birth certificate. While this is amazing, since we're doing a home insemination, we wanted extra protection for ourselves and our donor so we searched online and found a donor/recipient contract to make sure we all had clearly established expectations and intentions. I'll attach a copy of it in my next post in case anyone can benefit from it.
We are fortunate in the UK that same sex civil partners who have a child are both listed as the parents on the birth certificate. While this is amazing, since we're doing a home insemination, we wanted extra protection for ourselves and our donor so we searched online and found a donor/recipient contract to make sure we all had clearly established expectations and intentions. I'll attach a copy of it in my next post in case anyone can benefit from it.
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