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Category: mental health

  • 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: Known Donor Considers Meeting His Donor Conceived Children

    A known sperm donor considers meeting his minor donor conceived offspring.

    October 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: donors, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, 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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  • Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Child’s Deep Distress after Adulthood Disclosure

    A recipient parent seeks advice and resources to address her daughter's deep distress from the late disclosure of being donor conceived.

    July 16, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, late disclosure, mental health

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  • Questions to Ask the Sperm Bank Before Donating

    Before deciding to donate, it is important to ask the right questions to ensure that your contributions are used ethically and in accordance with your expectations.

    May 26, 2024guides and resources: donors, anonymity, disclosure, education, identity release, info and guides, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, regulation, sperm donation, 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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  • Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world

    Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”

    May 20, 2024guest post, advocacy, anonymity, blog, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, grief, identity release, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, regulation, siblings, smbc, sperm donation, views

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  • USDCC Attends Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference

    USDCC attended the 2024 Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference in Philadelphia.

    May 4, 2024conferences, counseling, education, events, mental health, stakeholders

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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. 

    February 24, 2024press release, advocacy, ASRM Guidelines, egg donation, embryo donation, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, news, offspring, regulation, smbc, sperm donation

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  • My Donor Conception Nightmare: Fertility Fraud Leads to Accidental Incest

    When Victoria Hill took a commercial DNA test, she not only learned she was donor conceived but that her mother was the victim of fertility fraud. And that her high school boyfriend was her half brother.

    February 14, 2024Uncategorized, advocacy, anonymity, featured, fertility fraud, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation, views

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