NATIONAL MEETING

The next National Meeting will take place in Nottingham on October 2nd 2010.
Invitations have now been sent to all members.

 

PREPARATION FOR DC PARENTHOOD WORKSHOPS
2010-2011
Dates and booking details now available

 

Interested in half-siblings connections?
Read this new research(PDF)

Thinking about donor treatment abroad
Read this first

FORGET THE MEDIA HYPE...egg and sperm donor numbers are UP!
Latest Figures (PDF)

TELLING & TALKING WORKSHOPS

Dates and Details

One couple's experience of the first workshop

'ON BEING DONOR CONCEIVED' -
Seven young people talk about how they feel (PDF)

NEW RESEARCH (PDF)

Shows children do better if 'told' early in life

Read Zannah's thoughts on being donor conceived

Wise words of another DC teenager and his Mum

Daily Mirror Article

Reflections on fifteen years of DCN, the ending of anonymity for donors and going abroad for egg donation
Details (PDF)

Telegraph article on value of openness in families
Details

Welcome to the Donor Conception Network

We are a self-help network of over 1,300 families created with the help of donated eggs, sperm or embryos; couples and individuals seeking to found a family this way; and adults conceived using a donor.

You can contact us via email
‘phone (44) 0208 245 4369
or write to PO Box 7471, Nottingham NG3 6ZR

Our main aim

is to support and guide would-be and current parents in the issues they face about how to be open with children about donor conception, thereby avoiding damaging secrets.

Our experience

is that these questions arise throughout the upbringing of donor conceived children and at different stages in their lives. We have supported the ending of anonymous donor conception, as a further step to reduce the withholding of secrets from donor conceived people.

We welcome

to this site couples and individuals who are facing issues about donor conception at any stage, and would like to hear the experiences of those of us who have been there before.

(PDF Translations of this text)

Join the DCNetwork

NEW

Tips on managing the stress of fertility treatment (PDF)

Are you a DC adult looking for half-siblings? Read this

An experience of egg-sharing in the UK (PDF)

A Blog with wise words on egg donation and genes Read the Blog

Guardian article features Network family

Exploring the Experiences of Known Egg Donation - findings from research (PDF)

Excellent new leaflet from USA on Telling Children about Ovum (Egg) Donation

Wonderful blog by mum of DE baby

Lee's story of his journey from infertility to parenthood (For men)

Heartwarming story of older egg donation mother