Tag: disclosure

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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Why I Used a Known Donor and the Factors in My Selection

Stephanie Wicker, a single mother by choice, explains why she ultimately decided against using anonymous donor sperm and opted instead for a known donor.

August 17, 2024guides and resources: parents, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, known donor, offspring, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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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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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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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.

March 19, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, guides and resources: parents, info and guides, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, siblings, 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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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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