Azoospermia (Male Infertility) “Rare”, Anencephaly “One-Off”, Vitiligo “Uncommon”, Von Willebrand Disease “Underdiagnosed and rare”. These were just a few of the fun new words and terms that were thrown at me as we struggled through infertility, having kids and now…
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The One Off Club Sucks
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“Ontario To Fund In-Vitro Fertilization”
On seeing the headline “Ontario To Fund In-Vitro Fertilization” in the National Post, it first seems like a triumph for IVF patients, and possibly once the formal announcement is made this will be a very positive thing for many heterosexual couples…
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“Delivery Man”
I’m not really sure how I feel about sperm donation being made into comedic movies, and to be honest I stay away from them, but I like Vince Vaughan so maybe????? What about everyone else, how do you feel about…
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The New Zealand Herald: Sperm donor ‘left me for babies’
This story scares me. The donor we used, although anonymous and found through proper fertility clinic channels is a man who’s wife was unable to have her own children. Although our donor stated in his profile that he was donating…
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Facebook Pages and Groups Re: Donor Sperm and Eggs
Hi all, just wanted to throw a quick post up about a few of the Facebook pages and groups I am a member of that have some great chat about using donor sperm,eggs, or being the offspring of either one.…
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A Journey of Loss and Life!
Blog posts are usually very organic for me, they pop into my head and I write them rather quickly with spelling mistakes and bad grammar all included. I then go back and fix my mistakes hoping that the post looks…
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Posted in 40 year old mom, A Mom, amnio, Azoospermia, BGM9581, clomid, DI, DI Baby, DI Child, DI Dad, DI Grandparents, DI Mom, DI Parents, DI Story, down syndrome, fibroids, genetics, Infertility, IUI, Loss of Baby after Infertility, Male Infertility, mommy drugs, pregnancy loss, SAHM, Sperm Bank, Sperm Donor, Sperm Donor BGM 9581, Still Born, Turning 40, twins, Von Willebrands Disease, White Wine
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‘The interests of children conceived through egg and sperm donation must be protected’
Yet another article “The interests of children conceived through egg and sperm donation must be protected” has come forward in our Canadian press in support of ending donor gamete anonymity. I have mentioned before that I struggle with this as I…
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‘Fringe’ TV episode about Sperm Donor Kids
Yet another main stream show has done an episode about donor conceived kids and their sperm donor dad. This one includes, 200 kids, a fertility doctor gone rogue and mind control,it is Fringe after all. The show aired on FOX…
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Richard Hatch Talks About Being a Sperm Donor
Recently Richard Hatch wrote a post on the Donor Sibling Blog about being a Sperm Donor, Connecting with some of his Offspring and his Relationship with the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR). I have posted the article here with my response…
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The Virgin Father: Trent Arsenault
This donor has been all over the news lately including on the Anderson Cooper show. I am not really sure how I feel about this individual, except to say something about him and his story really creeps me out. I…
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