Picking an Ideal Egg Donor

Picking an Ideal Egg Donor

It can feel daunting to be told by your infertility specialist that you should consider choosing an egg donor. If you have decided on the path of egg donation, the next decision is to choose an egg donor. The most wonderful opportunities arise when a potential recipient has a compassionate donor. This category of donors […]

DNA Testing Makes Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation Obsolete

DNA Testing Makes Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation Obsolete

DNA Testing services like 23andMe make it difficult to keep biological parent identity secret, so we now suggest that patients use donors who will release their identity. In the past, adoption, sperm and egg donation were considered to be family secrets. All of this is changing dramatically due to elective DNA testing. Janine Dzyubanny knew that she had been […]

The Psychological Aspects of Egg Donation

The Psychological Aspects of Egg Donation

When you are first told that you need to consider egg donation, it can be hard to hear. There is a lot to think through. It is a challenge to make the shift emotionally and to figure out who in your social circles to tell, and how and when to tell your egg-donor child. Egg […]