Hello,
I would be most grateful if there is anyone who could comment from a systemic
perspective about a client that I am working with. She conceived twin girls 5
years ago after IVF treatment. It is important to note that there were no
donors involved. Her husband never felt that the girls were his own as it seems
that the necessary bond through intercourse did not occur at their conception.
After a couple of years of him drinking the couple divorced and the little
girls stayed with their Father at weekends. To the mother's horror it was
revealed that the Father had been sexually abusing his daughters when they
visited him. Social services have been involved and the Father has turned away
and is no longer seeing his children, One of the girls is desperate to see her
daddy.
What I know very little about, is the complex issues that surround IVF. For
instance, A doctor is involved, would they become apart of the system in a
constellation?
Where donors are involved I would imagine they would be an intrinsic part the
of the system. When only one donor is involved then does a bond occur between
the donor and the parent?
I would really liked to open up a discussion around this subject as we live in
times where creating a family can involve more than two people.
Thank you and best wishes from England
Julie
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