Tag: disclosure

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
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.

March 19, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, info and guides, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation
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.

February 14, 2024Uncategorized, advocacy, anonymity, featured, fertility fraud, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation, views
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, sperm donation
Ask a Therapist: How to Discuss Donor Conception with a Toddler

A recipient parent wonders how to discuss donor conception with her two-year-old child.

November 3, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, surrogacy
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, identity release, open ID at 18, smbc, sperm donation
Ask a Therapist: How to Discuss Familial Gamete Donation

An intended parent wonders how her potential donor and brother in law would tell his children about donating sperm.

July 24, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, known donor, medical history, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation
My Journey of Discovery after Early Disclosure

I cannot remember a time in my life that I did not know I was donor conceived. I was raised by the most amazing single mother and never lacked anything, but I was constantly reminded I did not have a dad.

July 14, 2023early disclosure, anonymity, blog, disclosure, featured, genetic identity, gratitude, grief, medical history, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation
Celebrating My Family as a Queer, Donor Conceived Recipient Parent

I was born in London to two mums who used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive me. I was raised knowing my conception story, as it was talked about casually, and all my questions were answered to their best ability as I grew up.

June 22, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, genetic identity, guest post, identity release, lgbtq, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, Uncategorized
Family Ties: How My Donor Conception Discovery Changed My Outlook as a Queer Recipient Parent

I’m sure I said, “It’s actually a ‘donor’ not a father.” I can remember my voice saying, “Our daughter doesn’t have a dad. She has two moms.” But much of that changed for me when I found out about my own donor conception experience.

June 2, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, education, genetic identity, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, views