Ask a Therapist: Connecting a Child with Siblings
A recipient parent wonders about how and when to connect their child with donor conceived siblings.
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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.
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Ask a Therapist: Open ID at 18 or Known Donor
An intended parent wonders about the pros and cons of choosing a known donor versus an Open-ID-at-18 donor with her wife.
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Ask a Therapist: Choosing A Donor
An intended parent wonders about the best way to choose a donor for the benefit of the future child.
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Ask a Therapist: Using an Anonymous Egg Donor from Peru
An intended parent wonders about the implications of using an embryo created with an egg from an anonymous donor in Peru.
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USDCC Attends 2023 Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference
U.S. Donor Conceived Council had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 2023 Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference in Philadelphia from April 26 to 29, 2023.
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2022 Sperm Bank Data Survey
USDCC sought to collect data on sperm banks across the United States. A survey was conducted in which sperm bank websites were reviewed for relevant data and then those data were confirmed via contact with representatives from each bank.
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Five Things I Wish I’d Known Before Donating Sperm (#5 is the Most Important)
A former sperm donor with at least 96 donor offspring shares the five things he wishes he had known before donating.
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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.
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Ten Things Parents of Donor Conceived People Need to Know
Deciding to use donor sperm or eggs is often a result of a fertility complication. In this emotional process, the consideration of how donor conceived people (DCP) will feel about their conception is often overlooked.
