Reactive attachment disorder in infants conceived by egg donation

Loneliness · 2016-02-27 11:09:53 UTC

Dear Mr./Mrs. Moderator, my child is now 4 years old and he was conceived using donor eggs. We are a loving family who have always tried so hard to be as caring as possible with him, to the point that we act differently whenever we are having dinner with him or doing some activity in which we know he is staring at us deeply. But all these efforts have been in vain, because he's never ever expressed his emotions with us or built a meaningful relationship with us. It's like if there was no connection, no link, no attachment. He likes to play on his own, eat on his own... and whenever we go kiss him he refuses to give me or his father a kiss back. This is so frustrating that we don't know what else could we do... After having searched a little bit, we've read something about the reactive attachment disorder, which symptoms unluckily fit those expressed by my son. Do you think he may have developed it because there is no genetic relationship between us? I've always thought this could happen, and that's precisely why I've always put a great dose of effort to make it work. Please, I beg you to study our situation deeply and try to help us as much as possible, that would be tremendously kind. Thanks!!

Actualizado el 15/03/2016

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