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Category: guides and resources: parents

  • Ask a Therapist: How Can I Convince My Wife to Reach Out to Our Sperm Donors?

    A parent wonders how to convince their wife that they should reach out to their sperm donors for the sake of their children.

    January 15, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, sperm donation

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  • 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, guides and resources: parents, surrogacy

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  • 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, guides and resources: parents, identity release, open ID at 18, smbc, sperm donation

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  • 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, guides and resources: parents, sperm donation

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  • 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: parents, known donor, medical history, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Connecting a Child with Siblings

    A recipient parent wonders about how and when to connect their child with donor conceived siblings.

    June 9, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation

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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.

    June 2, 2023sperm donation, anonymity, Ask A Therapist, education, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, open ID at 18

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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.

    May 12, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, egg donation, guides and resources: parents, identity release, info and guides, known donor, medical history, sperm donation

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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.

    May 5, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, egg donation, guides and resources: parents, identity release, mental health

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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.

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

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