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Category: egg donation

  • Navigating the Holidays as a Donor Conceived Person

    The holidays can be a joyful time full of connection and tradition, yet for donor conceived people (DCP), this season may also stir up complex feelings around family, identity, and belonging.

    December 11, 2024Uncategorized, anonymity, culture, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, ethnicity, genetic identity, gratitude, grief, identity release, info and guides, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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  • Recipient Parents: Holiday Stressors & Strategies

    The holidays can be a joyous time, and they can certainly also bring a unique stress for families who had help to become parents. 

    December 11, 2024guides and resources: parents, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, identity release, info and guides, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • Gamete & Embryo Donors: Holiday Stressors & Strategies

    The holidays are fraught with stressors for everyone. As an egg, sperm, or embryo donor, the holidays contain an extra layer of complexity.

    December 11, 2024guides and resources: donors, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, gratitude, grief, identity release, known donor, late disclosure, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, sperm donation, surrogacy, Uncategorized

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  • I was kept in the dark about being donor conceived. It left me blind as a parent.

    When Edward Miles became a parent, he realized that his lack of information as a donor conceived person not only impacted him but now his own child as well.

    October 19, 2024blog, anonymity, disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, late disclosure, medical history, mental health, offspring, resources: donor conceived persons, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • Ask a Therapist: Feeling Attracted to a Donor Conceived Sibling

    A donor conceived person struggles with feeling attracted to a newly discovered sibling.

    October 11, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, mental health, offspring, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Telling a New Sibling Their Father Was Not the Donor

    A donor conceived person wonders how to inform a new sibling that their father was not the donor and that the sibling is instead also donor conceived.

    August 30, 2024info and guides, Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, featured, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Why I’m Grateful I Didn’t Have Any Orange M&Ms: Our Egg Donor Journey

    Mary Sue Findlater shares her journey of using and selecting an egg donor and explains why she has always been transparent about her son's origins.

    August 24, 2024genetic identity, blog, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, gratitude, identity release, open ID at 18, Uncategorized

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  • Ask a Therapist: Advice and Resources for Known Donor Arrangement

    A future recipient parent wonders about advice and resources available for entering into a known donor arrangement.

    May 26, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, smbc, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor

    A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.

    May 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, smbc, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Discussing and Building Relationships with Donor Siblings

    A recipient parent wonders how to discuss their child's donor siblings and when to establish a relationship.

    March 19, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, guides and resources: parents, info and guides, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation

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