Offspring Reflections - Two new stories from one of our meetings

About the experiences of donor conceived adults finding siblings. DETAILS

Volume 1: Voices of Donor Conception, Behind Closed Doors: Moving Beyond Shame and Secrecy

Edited by Mikki Morrissette in affiliation with the Donor Sibling Registry

A wonderful collection of essays designed to promote discussion and openness around donor conception.
See Library recent additions page for fuller description and short review.
2 copies in library and available to buy from DCN soon.

Just starting to think about using a donor? Full of fears and worries?

Our Planning a Family leaflets
are open letters from experienced mums and dads to would-be parents just starting down the road of donor conception.

Separate Letters for DI Mums, DI Dads, both would-be parents re ‘telling’, for single women, for lesbian couples and for couples contemplating egg donation.

They can all be downloaded free of charge

Telling & Talking Booklets

Our new Telling & Talking booklets and DVD have been very popular with parents .

Free Downloads or buy
the DVD from our online bookshop Read more...

“I’ve just downloaded the 0-7 document from the website. I really want to congratulate you and thank you for producing such a well
written, easy to read booklet. Although
I feel comfortable telling our children about
how they came to be, I am finding the
booklet incredibly useful. It is an absolute credit to you that you have put so much time and effort into producing such wonderfully useful booklets.”
Network member

“The materials are wonderful, and deserve more than praise and more than thanks.
They are thorough, thoughtful, and accessible and I don’t think there is
anything like them anywhere.”
Diane Ehrensaft, clinical psychologist, California; author of Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates

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For Men

Men often find it hard to talk about infertility or the need to use a donor to help create their family. Our FOR MEN section is full of articles written (mostly) by men who have faced their fears and come through the other side.
And for a really good book on infertility
from a male perspective
SWIMMING UPSTREAM;
The Struggle to Conceive
by David Rawlings and Karen Looi is highly recommended. Straight from the hip Australian style, this book is available in the UK from Infertility Network UK :

admin@infertilitynetworkuk.com or
‘phone 08701 188088 or
visit the books website