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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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=Alabama High Court Ruling Also Harmful to Donor Conceived People and Their Families
USDCC joins others to express concerns about the potential implications of the Supreme Court of Alabama’s opinion in LePage v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C.
