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Category: disclosure

  • Ask a Therapist: How to Discuss Donor Conception with a Toddler

    A recipient parent wonders how to discuss donor conception with her two-year-old child.

    November 3, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, surrogacy

     
  • Ask a Therapist: How to Do Single Parenthood by Choice “Right”

    An intended parent wonders whether it is possible to do single parenthood by choice "right."

    October 24, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, identity release, open ID at 18, smbc, sperm donation

     
  • Ask a Therapist: How to Answer Questions When Your Country Mandates Anonymity

    A recipient parent wonders how to navigate questions from her child when her country mandates anonymity.

    September 29, 2023Ask A Therapist, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, sperm donation

     
  • Ask a Therapist: How to Discuss Familial Gamete Donation

    An intended parent wonders how her potential donor and brother in law would tell his children about donating sperm.

    July 24, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: donors, guides and resources: parents, known donor, medical history, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation

     
  • My Journey of Discovery after Early Disclosure

    I cannot remember a time in my life that I did not know I was donor conceived. I was raised by the most amazing single mother and never lacked anything, but I was constantly reminded I did not have a dad.

    July 14, 2023early disclosure, anonymity, blog, disclosure, featured, genetic identity, gratitude, grief, medical history, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation

     
  • Celebrating My Family as a Queer, Donor Conceived Recipient Parent

    I was born in London to two mums who used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive me. I was raised knowing my conception story, as it was talked about casually, and all my questions were answered to their best ability as I grew up.

    June 22, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, genetic identity, guest post, identity release, lgbtq, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, Uncategorized

     
  • Family Ties: How My Donor Conception Discovery Changed My Outlook as a Queer Recipient Parent

    I’m sure I said, “It’s actually a ‘donor’ not a father.” I can remember my voice saying, “Our daughter doesn’t have a dad. She has two moms.” But much of that changed for me when I found out about my own donor conception experience.

    June 2, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, education, genetic identity, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, views

     
  • Incredulity, Anxiety, Yearning, and Other Emotions of Late Discovery

    "I joke with people that my first thought was, 'I’ve been diluted.' And as humorous as it may be to joke that finding out I was half white contributed to a sense of identity or cultural 'dilution,' it simultaneously created an incomparable sadness that took years to deconstruct."

    April 24, 2023egg donation, BIPOC, culture, disclosure, ethnicity, featured, genetic identity, grief, guest post, known donor, late disclosure, offspring, siblings, views

     
  • The Harmful Impact of Secret Keeping

    Parents who want to keep donor conception a secret are usually trying to protect their child from emotional and relationship distress, but secrets are no guarantee of protection. Just as anonymity is hard to protect for a lifetime, genetic information is hard to keep secret for a lifetime.

    April 10, 2023disclosure, education, featured, guides and resources: parents, info and guides

     
  • Voice Your Support for Colorado SB 22-224

    Colorado SB 22-224, the “Donor-Conceived Persons and Families of Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act,” is moving to the Colorado House of Representatives. We need your voice in support of this landmark legislation.

    May 4, 2022colorado, advocacy, anonymity, disclosure, education, egg donation, medical history, news, offspring, regulation, siblings, sperm donation

     

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