HeyJaredDonor Conception Journal Club
Insights from research on family building with donor eggs, sperm, and embryos. We share digestible summaries of peer-reviewed research examining the experiences of donor-conceived individuals, donors, parents, and family-building professionals.
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Who Donors Tell and When: A UK Study of Donors' Families (opens the original)
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Nordqvist, P., & Gilman, L. (2022). Whose story is it? Donors, their families and the relational impact of donating. In Donors: Curious connections in donor conception (pp. 175–209). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-564-320221007Editor’s Note: This is a chapter of a scholarly research book, not a peer-reviewed journal article. Academic books go through proposal and manuscript review, but not the same independent, article
If You Can't Be There: Planning for the Unexpected (opens the original)
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I’m re-sharing this because I needed to reread it myself. It’s been a bit, my kids are older, and my plan needed updating. Maybe yours does too.Disclaimer: I'm a parent and advocate, not a lawyer. This post is general information, not legal, financial, or medical advice, and it isn't exhaustive. Laws on parentage, guardianship, incapacity, estates, and donor information access vary widely between countries, and between states or provinces within them. Please talk with a qualified professional wh
Recipients’ Attitudes Toward Worldwide Sperm Donor Family Limits (opens the original)
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Pennings, G., Lassen, E., & Skytte, A.-B. (2026). The attitude of (would-be) recipients of donor sperm and interested persons regarding a worldwide family limit per donor. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-026-04028-4<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0kWI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d85943e-55f9-4651-9671-9f4e0cc
How single dads think about disclosing their children’s origin stories (opens the original)
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CitationJones, C., Jadva, V., & Zadeh, S. (2026). ‘It’s a bit like a legend where you have to tell it again and again’: disclosure practices in single father families via surrogacy. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2026.2716180<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1491295314828-fb03946d9b52?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlY
A closer look at the Swedish Study on Gamete Donation (opens the original)
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A while back, I wrote about how hard it is to research donor conception. Today I want to talk about one of the few longitudinal studies we have to learn from. In 1985, Sweden became the first country in the world to implement identity-release donation. Under their current regulations, parents can ask clinics for basic physical or professional traits if their child is under 12, and once donor-conceived individuals reach age 18, they have a legal right to obtain the donor's identity.In 2005, a gro
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