The Perfect Donor
Others in the Film
Tracy (Kate's Mom)--"Kate told me when she turned 20 that she wanted to be an egg donor. Personally, I just couldn’t shake the feeling of having grandchildren in the world that I would have no part of. It just broke my heart. So, this sounds terrible, but there’s a part of me that’s glad that her situation didn’t work out. Because I just wouldn’t be able to do that—to have someone out there that it’s my blood and not be able to be part of their lives."
Wendy, Intended Parent--"I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 38 and my son was 2 and a half. I learned that I was pregnant and I was super excited. Then one night I felt a lump in my breast and I thought I didn’t have anything to worry about because I’m so healthy, I’m so young, and then a few days later I had a miscarriage. It was very early on, but we were still devastated. The thing I thought of more than ‘I have a fatal disease,” is “what’s going to happen to my fertility.” What about our hopes for completing our family with a second baby?"
Cheyenne (Janetti's daughter)--I've known since I was little that I was conceived with a surrogate, and also came from the surrogate's egg. I think it is so important that my parents were open with me, and that I've been able to have contact with my surrogate mother.