Choosing an Egg Donor: A Delicate Balance
I find that there is often a delicate balance to be struck between being absolutely ready to build your…
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Category: Egg Donation
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Egg Donor: Spoiler Alert, Nurture Wins
Nurture vs. Nature has always been a hotly debated topic and in this age of third-party fertility, it often…
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How to Choose An Egg Donor
Having spent seventeen years as a fertility counselor, I have helped thousands of intended parents find an egg donor.…
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Egg Donor: Predicting Your Child’s Eye Color
for some, eye color may be a distinctive family trait and therefore harder to let go of. Eye…
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Making Babies: What comes first, the reproductive endocrinologist, the surrogate, or the egg donor?
As I started to write this blog I was reminded of a children’s story called, “If you Give a…
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Talking to Your Child About Egg Donation: Ancestral Lines
I recently heard an interview on NPR with the poet David Ferry. He read a short excerpt from…
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What do Egg Donor Agencies Screen For?
“What do agencies screen for?” Keep in mind that egg donor agencies are not medical institutions. They…
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The Egg Donor Waiting List: Family Deferred
I have had the privilege of helping many intended parents through the pitfalls of third-party fertility and into a…
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It’s Complicated; It’s Uncomfortable; It’s Doable; It’s Important—Talking With Older Kids About Donor Egg, Sperm, Or Embryo
So you are the parent of a terrific, wonderful, practically perfect in every way child brought to you by…
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Top Ten Tips for Telling Children About Donor Egg, Sperm, and Embryo
Telling is a process, not a one- or even two-time event. You start simple laying the groundwork and add…
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