August 20, 2020
An Unexpected Family: Connecting with Donor Siblings
If someone had told me back when I was first considering having a child via egg donation that one day our extended family would include our child’s donor siblings, their older sister, and their parents, the idea would have seemed surreal to me. Fast forward a few years, this is our reality, and I couldn’t […]
May 4, 2015
Considering an ”Open” Egg Donation Cycle?
The landscape of egg donation is changing. Donor eggs are now used in 12 percent of all IVF cycles, making it among the fastest-growing infertility treatments. The number of families turning to egg donation grows exponentially every year and something else is growing too – an increased interest in openness. In the U.S. most donor […]
April 8, 2014
Don’t Lose Sight of the Trees for the Forest
By: Lauren Gaydos Duffer, Esq. Creating a family through egg donation, whether you are the egg donor or the intended parent(s) can be a wonderful experience. However, many people lose sight of the trees in the forest. The legal process is one of the most important trees that make up the egg donation forest. […]