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.
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.
The holidays can be a joyous time, and they can certainly also bring a unique stress for families who had help to become parents.
The holidays are fraught with stressors for everyone. As an egg, sperm, or embryo donor, the holidays contain an extra layer of complexity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A future recipient parent wonders about advice and resources available for entering into a known donor arrangement.
Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”
A recipient parent struggles with extra stored donor embryos and clinic restrictions.