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I was looking at my beautiful little boy/girl twins as they were running around gathering candy at an Easter Egg hunt and I could not believe they were going to be turing 2 on April 28th. I was thinking about

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Buying and Selling Eggs, Sperm and Embryo’s is a crime here in Canada!!!!

Finally after 8 years of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act coming into play the police are laying down the law and investigating some questionable  practices in the fertility trade in Canada.  The AHRA act clearly states that the exchange of

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Posted in AHRA, Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Assisted Human Reproduction Canada, Assisted Reproduction, BGM9581, Canada, Canadian DI Families, Canadian Fertility Consultants, Canadian Law, Donor Conceived, Donor Offspring, Egg Donor, Embryo's, GENdMOM, Infertility, Infertility Network, IUI, IVF, National Post, RCMP, Sperm Bank, Sperm Donor, Surrogacy, Tom Blackwell

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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‘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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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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None of Your F*#@ing Business!!!

More often then not I get asked “Did you need help to get pregnant?” “Did you have to use IVF?” “Do twins run in your family?” because I have twins.  My initial reaction is to respond “Non-of your F@*#ing business”,

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CSI: Miami Episode – A Sperm Donor Theme

Tonights episode (Sunday January the 29th, 10pm) is called “Terminal Velocity” and has a theme that surrounds a Sperm Donors Death.  Wow, main stream here we come…… The official shows description for tonights episode is: “When a skydiver is murdered,

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A List of Some Online Groups to Help You Through the Day!

I am compiling my own little list of some of the sites I have recently joined and am finding very helpful.  I thought I would share them with my readers.  Although they all have sections about infertility they also have

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“Another Film With A Sperm Donation Theme”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/01/16/starbuck-incendies-film-prizes.html The hit comedy Starbuck features Quebec actor Patrick Huard as an immature man who discovers he’s the biological father of more than 500 children through his prolific sperm donations. A slacker, he searches for direction in life through his

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