By Mark Jackson, Trustee Hi everyone, hope you’re all ok. Well, I am still donating at Manchester Fertility Services, about half way there now so hopefully not too much longer to go. I did the Have you got the balls campaign on 16th March and that was great fun lol. I finished work on the …
Monthly Archive: May 2010
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Regrets
By Kriss Fearon, Trustee From Dr Anna Smajdor’s recent comment in Bionews: A woman who wishes her partner to relinquish his legal rights over jointly-created embryos would perhaps be better off seeking a bona fide sperm donor, whose rights and responsibilities are clearly set out in law. And a man who would commit himself in …
May
17
Why I became a donor
by Kerrianne O’Rourke, Trustee My older sister was diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Failure two years ago and told that the only way she could ever have children was by egg donation. My sister and her husband were desperate to have children and every time we spoke, I could feel her pain and longing. My husband and …
May
10
It never leaves you – another way of coping
By Laura Hughes, Trustee It was with both understanding and sadness that I read the article called ‘It never leaves you does it..’ in the Winter 2010 issue of INUK magazine. I could completely understand how the writer felt about the sadness of only having one child, the years wasted going through infertility, the grief …
May
03
I had a sperm count of zero…
Read Trustee Richard Woolven’s account of how he became the father of twin boys conceived by sperm donation, in last weekend’s The Times. …to our donor, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart… You brought joy and life where only pain and emptiness once resided. And for that, we are for …