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.
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=“Inconceivable: A Memoir” Review
Valerie Bauman describes “Inconceivable: A Memoir” as part memoir and part investigative journalism, leading readers through her own journey to motherhood while looping in interviews from donors, recipient parents, donor conceived individuals, and reproductive professionals.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ask a Therapist: Sharing Information with a Disinterested Young Child
A recipient parent wonders how and when to share donor information with young children who seem disinterested.
