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  • Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Unknown Donor Health History

    A donor conceived person wonders how to deal with unknown donor health history.

    February 7, 2025resources: donor conceived persons, anonymity, Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, info and guides, medical history, offspring, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Withholding a Known Donor’s Identity until Child is 16

    An intended parent wonders about the impact of withholding their known donor's identity until the child turns 16.

    January 16, 2025Ask A Therapist, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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  • Navigating the Holidays as a Donor Conceived Person

    The holidays can be a joyful time full of connection and tradition, yet for donor conceived people (DCP), this season may also stir up complex feelings around family, identity, and belonging.

    December 11, 2024Uncategorized, anonymity, culture, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, ethnicity, genetic identity, gratitude, grief, identity release, info and guides, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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  • Recipient Parents: Holiday Stressors & Strategies

    The holidays can be a joyous time, and they can certainly also bring a unique stress for families who had help to become parents. 

    December 11, 2024guides and resources: parents, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, identity release, info and guides, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • Gamete & Embryo Donors: Holiday Stressors & Strategies

    The holidays are fraught with stressors for everyone. As an egg, sperm, or embryo donor, the holidays contain an extra layer of complexity.

    December 11, 2024guides and resources: donors, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, gratitude, grief, identity release, known donor, late disclosure, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, sperm donation, surrogacy, Uncategorized

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  • Ask a Therapist: Seeking Advice to Support a Single Mom by Choice

    A concerned friend wants to know how best to support a single mom by choice who has a strained relationship with her adult donor conceived daughter.

    December 2, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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  • 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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  • 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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