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Building Your Family

Donor Conception, Surrogacy, and the Modern Family

Infertility
Helping Couples and Families Cope with Infertility

Lisa Schuman on April 5, 2024

A five-step process to help fertility patients identify their feelings and more effectively resolve differences with their partners and others.

A five-step process to help fertility patients identify their feelings and more effectively resolve differences with their partners and others.

Infertility
Separate Infertility From Your Child’s Donor Story

Lisa Schuman on March 10, 2024

Deciding to pursue parenting with donor conception can be a difficult process for many. It is important not to bring feelings of grief and loss into the child's story.

Deciding to pursue parenting with donor conception can be a difficult process for many. It is important not to bring feelings of grief and loss into the child's story.

Infertility
Sharing Your Egg or Sperm Donor Story with Others...Or Not

Lisa Schuman on February 20, 2024

Embracing donor conception and the way your family is built should not be conflated with privacy, especially when it aligns with your family's needs and values.

Embracing donor conception and the way your family is built should not be conflated with privacy, especially when it aligns with your family's needs and values.

Disclosing early and often is key, Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels
Openness
Openness in Donor Conception is Essential

Lisa Schuman on January 12, 2024

Donor conception is coming out of the shadows and into the mainstream. A helpful understanding of the importance of disclosure to children needs to become common knowedge as well.

Donor conception is coming out of the shadows and into the mainstream. A helpful understanding of the importance of disclosure to children needs to become common knowedge as well.