Donor Conception Network - Useful Links
| NEW LINKS |
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Oneatatime gives the facts to patients and professionals about reducing multiple births through single embryo transfer Antenatal Results and Choices A national charity offering information about tests available around fertility, pregnancy etc. and making choices following results CHEN Patient Infertility Association of Israel New Links for Women Choosing Single Motherhood Tools to Inform and Support Your Choices |
| Support Group and sites for DI Dads |
DI Dads - New support and discussion group now available through Yahoo. (or contact di_dads-subscribe@yahoogroups.com) Visit UK Network member, Richard
Woolven's blog about his infertility and journey to donor
conception |
| Fertility Connect |
| FertilityConnect for couples experiencing infertility the site offers impartial information regarding fertility, infertility and treatments available in the U.K. There is a chat room for people to share their experiences with each other. There is also a facility for individuals to contact fertility nurse specialists, counsellors and embryologists for more individualised information and support. All experts currently work in licensed units in the U.K. |
| National Infertility Support & Information Group (NISIG) in Ireland |
| The
National Infertility Support & Information Group (NISIG)
in Ireland is voluntary registered organisation offering
information and support group to couples undergoing infertility
and donor treatment. We can be contacted 7 days a week up to 9pm at 1890 647 444 (LoCall number) or email nisig@eircom.net www.infertilityireland.ie |
| ACebabes |
| ACeBabes is a network of families following assisted conception offering contact and support from the time of a positive test, throughout pregnancy and as our children grow. An anxious pregnancy, coping with newborn multiples, deciding what to do with frozen embryo's, increasing our families and telling our children, there are many issues which can be shared, and hopefully many friendships to be made along the way. Look at the website for details or email: acebabes@frib.freeserve.co.uk |
| British Infertility Counselling Association |
BICA aims to promote high quality, accessible counselling
services for people with fertility problems. The Association offers
information to patients who are seeking details of counsellors specialising
in infertility. They can be contacted at: |
| Infertility Network UK (INUK)>> |
| The National Infertility Support Network - New site providing information, emotional support and encouraging infertility research and awareness. |
| Australian Support Group |
| Donor Conception Support Group of Australia |
Daisy Network (Premature Menopause Support Group) is
a national organisation offering mutual support, information and a
network of experience by and for those women who have had a premature
menopause. |
| Fertility Friends |
| An excellent UK forum for support (during treatment), pregnancy and early years development. |
| Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| Home of the HFEA, the UK's statutory body that regulates, licenses and collects data on fertility treatments as well as human embryo research. |
| PinkParents |
| UK-wide organisation of lesbian, gay and bisexual
parents, parents-to-be and their children, offering a quarterly
magazine, website, helpline, publications, enquiry service, and
workshops. PinkParents UK The D'Arcy Lainey Foundation PO BOX 417 Oldham OL2 7WT Telephone helpline: 08701 273 274 Monday - Friday 9am - 12pm (excluding public holidays) Admin line 01706 84 99 79 Monday - Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm (excluding public holidays) email: enquiries@pinkparents.org.uk |
| Progress Educational Trust (PET) |
| is a charity providing ethical and legal discussion
on the implications of infertility and human genetics for the public
and professionals. PET holds regular public debates and conferences
and also publishes a free web and email news and information service,
BioNews, supported by the Department of Health. BioNews also contains
topic-based news and background information about sperm and egg donation.
Contact Laura Riley, Communications Officer email lriley@progress.org.uk or tel: 020 7278 7870 |
| UK Donor Link is a pilot voluntary contact register set up to enable people conceived through donated sperm and/or eggs, their donors and half-siblings to exchange information and where desired contact each other. The register is specifically for anyone now over the age of 18 who was conceived in this way before the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act came into force in August 1991 |
| Donor Sibling Registry |
The focus of the Donor Sibling Registry is to assist individuals seeking to make mutual consent contact with their biological relatives conceived as a result of sperm or egg donation. This may include their own or their child's half-siblings, or their own or their child's donor parent (biological father or mother). The Donor Sibling Registry offers information, a link to reaserch being conducted by Cambridge University, discussion areas, and has more than 6600 members from around the world with more than 2500 people matched (sibling to sibling, as well as donor to offspring). |
| Others |
| Department
of Health Original Consultation Paper...» www.repromed.net/gateway.. Donor
Offspring .. National
Gamete Donation Trust |
| DI and Infertility Newsgroups and Discussion Forums |
| If you're new to the Internet, and are unsure of what 'Newsgroups' are then Click Here..»»»» news:alt.infertility |
| For Parenting Issues |
| TAMBA - Twins and multiple births association ParentlinePlus - for support and advice around parenting issues... |
