Dr Loh Seong Feei, medical director of Thomson Fertility Centre, said that while more couples are using donor eggs to conceive, it is still a huge psychological barrier for many.
He said: "The barrier they have is that they are not the biological mum. And many would not tell others they have used donor eggs (to get pregnant)."
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