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September, 2013 archive

Being adopted helps me understand my donor-conceived child

Michelle explains how being adopted helps her understand how her child might feel about the egg donor. I met my partner 20 years ago when my son was very young and he’s always been there while my son was growing up. We wanted to have children together but it wasn’t that simple - in the […]

Time out of work poll

People in the UK have a long history of charitable and altruistic giving, whether to individual causes or blood and organ donation. Altruistic egg donors help couples who cannot have their own children to start a family. An egg donor needs to visit hospital 4-6 times over a two-week period for 30-minute long appointments. When […]

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I donated eggs after having twins by donor sperm

Natasha talks about why she decided to become an egg donor, after a sperm donor helped her and her partner have their twins. If it wasn’t for men who altruistically donate their sperm to families like us, then we wouldn’t have been able to have a family - my partner is infertile. This is what […]