Eden does look like Marcia, but that is because many people who use donor eggs choose an egg donor with similar characteristics to the mother. My cousin’s wife underwent IVF and her kids look very much like her, but she used donor eggs. Again, if you research the issue you will learn that no doctor will perform IVF in a woman over 40 and use her eggs. Donor eggs are always used to ensure health and viability. This doesn’t make her less of a mother to these two girls.

Ellen Smith- Then why does Eden look so much like Marcia? And for the record, I remember one commentor on CBB saying that she had twins after 40, using HER OWN EGGS!

See the following article, which alludes to Ms. Cross using donor eggs:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-06-cross-pregnant_x.htm

Donor eggs were almost guaranteed to have been used because doctors treating infertility never use the eggs of women over 40 due to the viability and quality of the egg. There are many websites and on-line articles that discuss this issue.

Tricia- No, Marcia never said anything about using donor eggs. The only thing she confirmed was that they used IVF. Personally, I don’t understand how anyone can say she used donor eggs when Eden obviously looks so much like her (very similar to the way people used to insist that Suri was not Tom Cruise’s biological daughter, even though she has always looked very much like him!)! Sometimes I think that Savannah looks like her, too!

Do we know for sure they used donor eggs (did MC actually say so)? Every time I see pix of them, I think Eden looks just like Marcia, and Savannah looks just like Tom. Maybe just a happy coincidence, but in any case, a gorgeous family!

This is a beautiful picture of Marcia and Eden. This family always looks so happy it is just so lovely to see. I’m glad that everything worked out for Marcia because she always wanted a family.

She seems like a very fun hands on mom!

Have a boy? Not unless she adopts or uses donor eggs again.

That’s a great photo!