Donor Conception: Questions For Selecting a Donor
Every stage of donor conception is unique. If/when it comes time to select a donor, there are so many things to consider.
Here are a few questions/considerations that might be helpful ❣️
Donor Conception: Mixed Emotions
Using a donor can bring mixed emotions - Joy, grief, hope, and acceptance are all part of the journey. Whatever you are feeling, whenever you feel it - it’s all normal and expected!
Donor Conception: “I Donated My Eggs To My Childhood Friend”
Another egg donation story from one of our anonymous followers ❣️
My Egg Donation Story
There is no single path to motherhood 💕
Donor Conception: What Kind of Donation Exists?
Some language that’s helpful to know as we start off donor conception week:
Sperm/Egg Donor, contributor, donor, genetic donor, helper: the man/woman/person who helped us/donated
Embryo Donors: the people who donated the embryo that became you
Birth Parents: birth mother/mom/mommy/ima, birth father/dad/papa/abba, parents
Surrogate: the person who grew you in their body.
Donor Conception: Before You Proceed
There are so many questions to ask while exploring donor conception. Make sure you have all the tools necessary if/when you’re ready for it.
Donor Conception: “My Daughter’s Sperm Donor Is Not Her Father”-Leora Elman
Sperm donors are not parents. Parents are parents.
Donor Conception: Questions For After Baby Arrives
Even once the baby is born, new questions always arise. Here are a few to think about as you continue your donor conception journey ❣️
Termination For Medical Reasons Future Survival Guide
Story of TFMR. “I’ve debated for a while if I should share our story or not, as my husband and I are not the type to share an intimate part of our lives.”
Sexual Dysfunction: You’re Not Alone
Erectile dysfunction. Vaginismus. Vulvodynia. Decreased libido. These are just some of the reasons that one might be dealing with infertility, because of the inability to have intercourse.
What do you say?
A follower writes: "My 8 year old recently said that it's even harder for her to not have a sibling because at least I have one baby (her!) and she doesn't have any! Ouch, just ouch!!" Excuse me while I go wipe the tears streaming down my face.
Insensitive Comments
Because they don't know how long or how hard you've been trying... #secondaryinfertility #ttcsupport #tryingtohaveababy #tryingtoconceive #gettingpregnant #fertilityproblems
87. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 3
Rabbi Johnny Solomon joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his approach to life and struggle, knowing one's needs and acknowledging the struggle and how G-d can be with us during our pain, rather than viewed as causing our pain.
86. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 2
Kayla Haber-Goldstein joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to think about struggle, tests, and what happens when Gd says no.
85. Wrestling with G-d, Religion and Spirituality Part 1
Chaya Hott joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her anger at G-d, how that’s not something negative or forbidden, but a demonstration of a her relationship with Him, and how she views loss.
Grief and Loss
The stories I have read in the last day were heartbreaking. Thank you all for trusting me with them and sharing your most vulnerable moments with me. This is a reminder that grief changes over time.
Scared To Be Pregnant, Scared To Not Be Pregnant
The years that I kept losing baby after baby are a blur. I don’t remember much about family get-togethers or political events, and large swaths of time are just gone from my memory. What I do remember is the fear.
I can’t accept that I’m pregnant
From a follower: “I have severe anxiety during pregnancy that something isn’t right and if I could I would go to the doctor daily to check on the baby. It’s so hard!!!
“There’s no heartbeat.”
Hearing those words made me feel as if someone punched me in the stomach and I didn’t know how I was ever going to stand up straight again. “There’s no heartbeat” just changes you.
Miscarriage Pain
We often get asked how people can be supportive of those who are going through any kind of fertility challenge, and the answer is always to love them.