Openness in Embryo Donation: Why It Matters and How to Prepare

Embryo donation is a unique and deeply meaningful way to help create a family. Whether you’re an intended parent hoping to grow your family…

I am donor conceived, and it’s OK.

I’ve known I was donor-conceived for as long as I can remember. It’s really OK.

Embryo Donation Survey

As professionals, we know less about families formed through embryo donation than other means of donor conception. This research can help us understand why…

Telling your child their conception story via Egg Donation, or Embryo Donation

“If you don’t make it weird they won’t make it weird”

That has been my standby and go to phrase since the beginning of PVED. 

Everybody…

Understanding the Research about Parent-Infant Relationship Quality in Families Created by Egg Donation

Understanding the Research about Parent-Infant Relationship Quality in Families Created by Egg Donation
Carole LieberWilkins, MFT

Last week I had the privilege of attending the meeting…

Parenting after becoming a parent via egg donation

My son is almost 15 and a half. He is a classic teenager. Gone are the days of wanting to hang out with mom,…

Let’s get it right – Once and for all WE are our children’s mothers, not our egg donor.

This is an open letter to all of the amazing and terrific medical personnel that we depend on daily to help keep ourselves and…

Is the egg donor family my son’s family?

Several years ago we learned who our egg donor was. We learned her name, we met her, and we established a relationship with…

Why I Love Ryan Murphy So Much

Lisa and Ryan Illuminations honoring Elton JohnI’ve met Ryan Murphy a couple of times over the past three years at various charity events revolving…

Your Baby Is Not A Compromise

Note from PVED Founder, Marna Gatlin: “What I love about the women of our community is they are strong, passionate — and point on…