Yogen·Oct 4The 100-Sibling GenerationHow Consumer DNA Testing Exposed the Hidden Scale of Donor Conception and Reshaped Anonymity
Narelle Dickinson·Sep 30Beyond DNA: The Biology of Connection in Donor-Egg PregnancyWritten By Narelle Dickinson
Lisa Schuman, LCSW·Sep 15Secondary Infertility, Self-Advocacy, and Giving Yourself Options: Margarita’s StoryWhen most people imagine growing their family, they assume the second baby will come more easily than the first.
Lisa Schuman, LCSW·Aug 28Loving Your Child and Grieving Your Genetics are SeparateYour grief belongs to your story, not your child’s story.
Lisa Schuman, LCSW·Oct 31, 2025Will Donor Conception Worries Ever Resolve?Using the genetics of someone you don’t know to help you build one of the most intimate relationships in your life can be very difficult…
Lisa Schuman, LCSW·Sep 12, 2025An Argument for “Unnatural” in Sperm Donation ProceduresStress can cloud decision-making in donor conception. Choosing a treatment type with donor sperm is often very different from the way we…
Lisa Schuman, LCSW·May 10, 2025Genetic Loss and Using Donor Conception to Build Your FamilyI purposely did not title this post “Genetic Grief” because it is crucial to understand that everyone who builds their family using donor…
June Ashford·May 8, 2025I Was 29 When I Found Out My Dad Was a Stranger on the InternetIt was 2021, and I was living with my parents after a breakup with my daughter’s father. For my birthday that year, I bought myself an…
Lili Cleveland·Jan 14, 2023the myth of early disclosure within donor conceptionWithin the donor conception industry, there’s a common belief that the problems donor conceived people face are related to finding out as…
Melissa·Sep 25, 2022U.S. Fertility Industry and Donor Conceived PeopleThe US fertility industry as it operates today does not adequately take into account the interests and rights of donor conceived people…
