Dec
03
By Suzanne W, egg donor My main motivation for donating was so that women like my friend C can be helped to have a child. She and her husband needed a male donor to help them have their daughter three years ago. Through her, I found out that the wait for a donor egg in …
Nov
19
Dear Dr Ruth I have a Mirena fitted and kept it in throughout my donation and egg collection. My question is: Is what happened to me after the op normal? And could I have been pregnant? With the Mirena in, I haven’t had periods for years so 11 days after the op, I was unprepared …
Sep
07
By John Fenwick, Friend of the NGDT, who’s running the Great North Run to fundraise for the NGDT Most people are very fortunate, and they meet someone, fall in love, get married, have a couple of children, maybe a dog too, and then grow old together watching their children blossom. I have been very lucky …
Jun
11
By Angela Chand-Corey, egg donor Hi there, I’m Angela and this blog is my feelings on egg donation both as a known donor and an anonymous donor. I have donated three times, the first time was in 2006. This donation was an anonymous donation to two ladies who I knew nothing about. I contacted my …
Feb
06
In a recent scientific breakthrough at Newcastle University, doctors have found a way to replace faulty DNA inherited through the female line with DNA from another healthy woman. So does this mean a child conceived that way has two mums? Mitochondrial cells convert the energy from our food into energy that can be used in …
Jan
30
In the Chinese year of the Dragon, many couples are trying to have a child because it’s considered a lucky year to be born. The same applies to people who need a donor. Bevan Chuang from Auckland is hoping to get pregnant through sperm donation and her request for a donor has attracted interest from …
Jan
16
We’ve already written about what sperm donors want, but what do egg donors think would improve their donation experience? Ongoing support during the donation itself Clinics are good at offering counselling for egg donors but the nature of the treatment means that donors would often like ongoing support during the donation too. (This is one …
Dec
06
The HFEA recently researched public attitudes towards donation, and one of their findings is, given more information about what donation involves, people have far more admiration for donors. As part of the Donation Review, the HFEA commissioned a market research company to talk to different groups of people about their views on donation and how …
Nov
28
Ireland’s Special Rapporteur on child protection has expressed ‘profound concern’ that the complete lack of legislation on assisted reproduction in Ireland is not in the best interests of the child. Geoffrey Shannon, a lawyer who specialises in child law, is concerned about a number of issues relating to egg and sperm donation. Egg and sperm …
Nov
15
Rene Ameling, in her book Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm, explores the different approaches which US agencies use to recruit egg donors and sperm donors. In a recent YouTube interview for Yale University, she explains that women donors tend to downplay their role in creating a pregnancy, arguing that they just …