She had to go through several medical and psychological appointments before getting the green light. The procedure, although not very complicated, turns out to be restrictive. It took six months to be inseminated. “The anonymous sperm donation comes from Denmark. I was able to choose eye color, hair color, ethnicity and height. Only one criterion could not be met but the main one was that the child looked at least like me. We don’t have a photo of the donor.”specifies Mathilde. “The subject will never be a taboo with my child and I have accepted the possibility that he will find the donor or that he will come across half-brothers or half-sisters.”
Sara also mourned the loss of a “classic” family; however, she turned to a homosexual friend to have a baby. “I wanted my child to have two parents, so that he would never ask questions about his origins that could not be answered and for his emotional stability: he knows exactly where he comes from.”indicates the one who opted for co-parenting. “I have him the vast majority of the time, but he sleeps two to three times a week maximum at his father’s house. For education, we agree on the basics (no physical punishment, respect, etc.) but everyone does the best they can.”
