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Posted January 13, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Q&A: Understanding medications

filed under: drugs, trying, donor conception, insemination, IVF

A woman on the Choice Moms Over 40 discussion board asked women to weigh in on her concerns about using Bravelle to try to conceive.

Posted August 23, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Books about alternative family building

filed under: resources, ChoiceKids, donor offspring, donor conception, book

Thanks to Danielle for bringing this list of storybooks to my attention for those of us who have used alternative methods to bring our children into the world.

Posted July 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Should I quit trying?

filed under: trying, profile, donor conception, adoption, fertility, QandA, Minnesota

A woman recently wrote about how exhausted she is about the Trying stage. Several IUIs, an IVF, lots of money spent. She was tired, out of money, and wondered if she should give up what has been an obsession to become a mother.

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Posted February 11, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Donor news from Australia

filed under: Australia, regional guides, donor conception, donor offspring, policy, sperm donor

I heard from Fiona H. in Australia about the House of Parliament's decisions there about regulating the donor industry.

Posted January 25, 2011 at 6:45 PM

Genetics: How to keep our kids safe

filed under: trying, insemination, sperm, sperm bank, policy, genetics, anonymous donor, donor conception, ChoiceKids, donor offspring, sperm donor

A woman on the Choice Mom discussion board asked what she could do to better guarantee her child's genetic health from an anonymous donor.

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Posted January 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM

Sperm sharing?

filed under: trying, donor conception, expert insight, money matters, legal, sperm bank, sperm, anonymous donor

A Choice Mom who is always thinking of ways to boost the community emailed recently to suggest a "sperm sharing" service.

Posted January 2, 2011 at 6:25 PM

My Future Baby documentary

filed under: trying, fertility, IVF, eggs, insemination, donor conception

This documentary promises to be an interesting one for people using assisted reproduction technology.

Posted November 5, 2010 at 7:35 AM

Australia's precedent in examining donor conception

filed under: trying, being, news, policy, Australia, donor conception, donor offspring, anonymous donor, ChoiceKids, open-identity donor, sperm bank, Canada, UnitedKingdom

There is a national discussion starting in the Australian Parliament about how to regulate and legislate donor conception practices across federal and state lines.

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Posted February 6, 2010 at 10:15 PM

Getting a sperm bank refund

filed under: anonymous donor, sperm, sperm bank, policy, donor conception

What do you do if your doctor tests the thawed sperm and discovers that the count seems low? Can you get a refund? One woman on the Choice Mom board reported that she requested a refund, only to find that she was given a 40% refund for a low-count vial, instead of 100%, because the vial was only 40% low. Which seemed like an odd policy. So we queried other banks for their policies. Here's what some of them reported: