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Category: identity release

  • 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

     
  • 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

     
  • 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

     
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