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Category: guides and resources: donors

  • 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

     
  • 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.

    April 26, 2023ASRM Guidelines, advocacy, education, featured, guides and resources: donors, guides and resources: parents, identity release, info and guides, sperm donation

     
  • 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.

    April 18, 2023sperm donation, education, guides and resources: donors, identity release, info and guides, offspring

     
  • How Do I Tell My Family I Donated Sperm or Eggs?

    If you haven't told your family that you donated sperm or eggs, read this guide.

    August 7, 2022guides and resources: donors, anonymity, education, egg donation, genetic identity, info and guides, known donor, medical history, offspring, siblings, sperm donation

     
  • Can Donors Really Be Anonymous?

    Short answer: no. Regardless of the contract or paperwork a donor signs, it is simply unrealistic to believe any donor can remain anonymous.

    August 7, 2022guides and resources: donors, anonymity, education, egg donation, info and guides, sperm donation

     
  • terms-and-abbreviations

    Terms & Abbreviations

    List of commonly used terms and abbreviations related to donor conception and assisted reproduction.

    January 23, 2022guides and resources: parents, education, guides and resources: donors, info and guides

     
  • Seven Things Former and Future Donors Need to Know

    Are you a former donor or considering becoming one? Read this guide.

    November 14, 2021featured, anonymity, education, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: donors, info and guides, known donor, medical history, offspring, siblings, sperm donation

     
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