USDCC aims to provide prospective, current, and former gamete donors with resources and information to help navigate the lifelong implications of participating in third-party gamete donation for both themselves and the people they help to create.
The holidays are fraught with stressors for everyone. As an egg, sperm, or embryo donor, the holidays contain an extra layer of complexity.
Continue Reading Gamete & Embryo Donors: Holiday Stressors & Strategies
A known sperm donor considers meeting his minor donor conceived offspring.
Continue Reading Ask a Therapist: Known Donor Considers Meeting His Donor Conceived Children
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.
Continue Reading Questions to Ask the Sperm Bank Before Donating
USDCC sought to collect data on sperm banks across the United States. A survey was conducted in which sperm bank websites were reviewed for relevant data and then those data were confirmed via contact with representatives from each bank.
A former sperm donor with at least 96 donor offspring shares the five things he wishes he had known before donating.
Continue Reading Five Things I Wish I’d Known Before Donating Sperm (#5 is the Most Important)
If you haven’t told your family that you donated sperm or eggs, read this guide.
Continue Reading How Do I Tell My Family I Donated Sperm or Eggs?
Short answer: no. Regardless of the contract or paperwork a donor signs, it is simply unrealistic to believe any donor can remain anonymous.
Are you a former donor or considering becoming one? Read this guide.
Continue Reading Seven Things Former and Future Donors Need to Know
Many donor conceived people argue it is detrimental to use the term “donor” because it promotes a false narrative of altruism and obscures reality.
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