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Tag: parenting

  • Ask A Therapist: Struggling with Donor Conceived Son’s Boundaries

    A recipient parent struggles with the boundaries his donor conceived son has created around sharing information about siblings and the donor.

    December 16, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • I was kept in the dark about being donor conceived. It left me blind as a parent.

    When Edward Miles became a parent, he realized that his lack of information as a donor conceived person not only impacted him but now his own child as well.

    October 19, 2024blog, anonymity, disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, late disclosure, medical history, mental health, offspring, resources: donor conceived persons, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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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: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor

    A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.

    May 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, smbc, sperm donation

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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 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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  • The Harmful Impact of Secret Keeping

    Parents who want to keep donor conception a secret are usually trying to protect their child from emotional and relationship distress, but secrets are no guarantee of protection. Just as anonymity is hard to protect for a lifetime, genetic information is hard to keep secret for a lifetime.

    April 10, 2023disclosure, education, featured, guides and resources: parents, info and guides

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