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Kelsey shares her story of being an embryo adoptee. She dives head first into the nuance of ethics surrounding embryo adoption, and describes what it was like finding out that she is an embryo adoptee, reconnecting to her biological family, and figuring out what this means to her.
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In this inspirational episode we listen to two donor conceived brothers who were raised in two different family units, but both of their parents chose to use a known donor from birth from a LGBTQIA focused clinic in California. Listening to both of them describe how supportive their parents and donor/dad have been throughout their lives is just heart warming. This episode is filled with a lot of positive advice to recipient parents and intended recipient parents.
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Claire-Lise is an egg donor conceived person who discusses her journey as a late discovery, what it feels like watching countless egg donor recruitment ads, and finding her egg donor who turned out to be very problematic
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‘Sarah’ is a recipient parent who unfortunately not only had to see a nightmare counselor from the clinic, but also watched one of her children get very sick and told by the hospital that the only way they could confirm his illness is by doing a blood test on both genetic parents.
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Freya is not only donor conceived, but she is also recipient parent and a known egg donor. She has such a unique perspective and brings so much nuance to the conversation. She is also born and raised in The Uk so we learn a little bit more about how that donor conception market functions
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Chelsea Devantez is not just donor conceived but also a renowned comedian. Her credits include being the head writer for ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’. Today Chelsea is sharing her donor conception experience and her new book which you can find here: https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/the-book
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Meet Mark a sperm donor from Xytex who walks us through his experience working with the bank and then being available as a known donor.
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Welcome Dr. Aimee aka the Egg Whisperer! Dr. Aimee is here to talk to us about egg donation, causes for infertility, what to look for in a doctor, infertility trauma, and the changes she would like to see happen to the fertility industry.
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Meet attorney Amanda Troxler from California who handles known donor agreements. Amanda is going to walk us through what is required to do a legally safe known donation.
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FULL DISCLOSURE I filmed the intro a few weeks ago, I'm not about to go perform in Cleveland. I already did, it was wonderful. I apologize for the blooper, it's been a wild few weeks and I'm catching up.
This episode is with a good friend and another DCP advocate Eric. Eric is a late discovery DCP who has been diving into the foundation of donor conception which is eugenics. Racism still heavily influences our current donor conception market, and until we acknowledge that to the fullest extent, we can't fix it. Eric runs a support group for BIPOC DCP to help others navigate those emotions and lived experiences.
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Meet Casey, a recipient parent who used North West Cryobank who is a victim of fertility negligence. Fertility negligence is when a bank, clinic, or physician accidentally gives you the sperm/egg that you initially picked out.
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Angela aka Sunny.in.season has gone viral for being a former egg donor and searching for the recipient parents who used her eggs to give them an updated medical history. Angela recently found out she has HHT which can be a very serious genetic illness, but the agency she initially went through has dissolved. Click here to sign up for DCP Data: https://www.dcpdata.org/signup?referrer=Laura-High
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Today we have Danielle who is the co-founder of Seed Scout. Seed Scout is a known donor matching agency. In this episode Danielle shares her own experiences about using a known donor, the issues she faces while advocating for her clients, and why she feels more recipient parents should embrace known donors. https://www.theseedscout.com
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Victoria and her Merrily are bravely joining us today. You may have seen their story recently published by CNN. Victoria is the first donor conceived person to come forward as a victim of accidental incest, and both her and her mom are victims of fertility fraud. Please know we recorded this episode in October 2023, but needed to wait till publish it once CNN came in the picture. Here is the article CNN did: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/fertility-fraud-accidental-incest-invs/index.html
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Today we talk to Karlos Dillard aka Ward of the State. Karlos is a trans-racial adoptee and former foster care youth. Karlos is an advocate, educator, and author. We discuss adoption, foster care, and how the donor conceived community can be better allies to the adoptee and former foster care community. Pre-order Karlos’s next book here: https://karlosdillard.com/books/abort-the-adoption-pre-sale
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Dr. Alissa it’s not just a donor conceived person conceived through anonymous sperm donation, she is also a licensed therapist. Join us as we learn about her story, and talk about common emotional journeys and traumas that donor conceived people go through.
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We welcome on Kenzi a family building coach a licensed clinical social worker. Kenzi talks about her work by helping intended recipient parents get to a more child centered place when deciding how to build their family. Kenzi talks about dealing with the fertility industry, fertility trauma, and asking yourself tough questions. Please know that at 34:00-43:23 Kenzi shares some stories about parents who have gone through miscarriages and how they’ve been treated by the fertility industry. It’s an incredibly important conversation, but if it isn’t emotionally safe for you to listen to that part, just skip over that section.
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Today we have four representatives of a 100+ person sibling pod. They are here to talk about what they have gone through individually as donor conceived people, but what it’s also like being in a pod of 100+ siblings.
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Welcome back to part 2 with Alex and Rachel!!! Alex tells us the story of how she was able to identify her and Rachel’s genetic parent. If you can’t find your donor on a DNA site, you need to hear how Alex did this.
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Today Rachel is back and has brought along their sister Alex! Rachel is double donor conceived and Alex is their sister through their egg donation side. This episode we dive into feelings, weird thoughts, and Alex tells us the incredible story on how she found out she was donor conceived.
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