20 years after egg donation, woman meets biological children

For two decades, Amy Gilchrist wondered about her biological children. For reasons she can't explain, she suspected twins were conceived.

[mariokokkinos]

The blond lady ie the mom looks so kind. The kids are lucky to have her as a mom.

[joe]

That daughter looks just like her biological mother, the same laugh and smile and everything

[royalpitamamma]

I saved mine when I was facing cancer so I could have children after treatment. Then I found out 20-some-odd years later that another family used them when my son told me I was his mother. Imagine my heartbreak and joy on finding out that I never even knew I had a child or got to raise him, but also the joy of knowing he existed.

[ew]

I'm an adoptive mother. My son's birth mother is definitely and irrevocably one of his "real" mothers. She created him, carried him, birthed him, and she and he will forever share traits, ethnicity, heritage, ancestry, blood. That is real and it matters. On the other hand, my son and I share a lived history. That matters too. We both love him. We are both his mothers.

[AnyoneCanSee]

Everyone complaining about her being "intrusive" needs to take a chill pill. She waited until the kids were 20 years old. This means that they are fully grown independent adults and can choose how much or how little they wish to see the donor mother.
If she contacted them when they were in high school it would be a different matter but the kids are fully developed and quite capable of understanding that their mother is the woman who raised them and sacrificed for them.

[EmpowHer]

So happy for everyone. I hope the real mom’s feelings are considered in all of this. She did the hard work of pregnancy & raising them.

[JosofineXtine]

Probably the most wholesome form of women supporting women I've witnessed. 👏

[leahtv]

Kids always want to find their biological parents. It's an inherent desire.

[jerseyliamijares]

As a egg donor recipient, this made me hesitant to be open to reach out to my donor. The donor is giving me vibes that she wants to over step the birth mom.. She’s speaking as of it’s her kids. The donor did an wonderful thing by donating her eggs, but she seems to not realize that the twins are not her kids…

[book_worm]

Im glad I saw this video. I was considering using donor eggs and this just completely assured that I wouldn’t. As soon as she said those are MY kids it was a done deal for me. Ill either use my own eggs or not have kids

[yonyvladimirovichaguilarov]

Poor lady, she felt lonely then remember she donated her eggs.

[Loveabounds.]

She was young and sold her eggs you can tell she really needed to meet them since she ended up not getting married and experiencing child birth, she lucky and blessed the mom gave her chance to meet them since she didn’t have to open that door

[szszszsz]

She is an egg donor. Not a mother. The woman who raised the children with love is the real mother.

[mespb]

I love that they all came together, and everyone’s happy. Very heartwarming. That said, the egg donor saying, “those are my kids” to her friend is out of line. They are not her kids. She’s just related to them. I hope the mother was okay with hearing that. She seems like a really open person.

[sagefi]

That's such a sweet story and so nice that they all seem to be happy for each other. The mother who raised these children seems to have done a very good job.

[chad]

Why is it called "donating"? They're selling eggs for cash. That's fine but why talk like a hero. It's a transaction.

[kiran]

Their mother is such a kind lady, not everyone would be so accepting of that donor meeting their kids.

[jilldent]

Those kids were lucky to be birthed and raised by such a good woman. She is such a mom! Everyone wins!

[nicholas]

as a child who was adopted at birth, this woman is what we were all waiting for.

[jujub]

Wow they both turned out so good looking, but the son is SO GORGEOUS