Or so they thought. This time, the donor got pregnant days before she was to begin the donation procedure. Today the couple, who asked that their real names not be used for this article, still is looking for a black woman willing to donate her eggs. It's been an emotionally and financially draining three-year ordeal. Especially galling for them is knowing that if they were white, the search for an egg donation would almost certainly have been easier.
White people have so many options.
We have almost no options - none. We aren't blaming anyone. We aren't crying discrimination or anything like that. It's just the way it is. But it's been a very sad situation for us.