An Emotionless Gift?

I have been told that I'm not as emotional as I should be about this egg donation thing. So, I have thought about it. And here's what I've come up with:

When you do a favor for a friend, and they say "thank you," do you say "well, it was kind of a pain, but you're welcome" or "yeah, you have no idea how much you owe me" or do you say "anytime!"

Because I'm an "anytime!" kind of gal. I assume that whoever I did the favor for knows that I went out of my way to help them, and they're thankful for that.

And I do realize that donating my eggs is big. Really big. And I realize that not anyone would do it. I realize that it's giving a lot of myself and my time. I realize that it's not only a 6 week process, but there may be some emotional stuff, like, having a niece or nephew who has my DNA. That might be strange. The child may look similar to my children. The child may have disabilities, and I may feel bad about that. There may not even be a child that comes from this, so my gift may not end up being an actual "gift."

And though far-fetched, if K and her husband both die at the same time, they may will their child to someone. So, the child with my DNA may be brought up by someone I don't know. But that's ok, because it's not my child.

I have thought about all of this. But I'm just not the type of person to remind everyone of what a big deal it is. Don't worry, though. I'm thinking about it, and I'm sure that I'm ok with it.

I have told a few people about this, and they have all said something like, "Wow. That's amazing. I don't know if I could do that."

Would you every reply with, "Yup. It is amazing. Aren't I great?"

You wouldn't. You would say what I have said.

"You would do the same thing if you could."

Which is the truth. You would do it if you could.

So now that I have acknowledged this and the big deal that it is, can we move past this? If you can't tell, praise makes me a little uncomfortable.

:)