Episode 49: Embryo Adoptee

Erin Maya is not just a Donor Conceived person, but also very musically accomplished. She has written the very first musical about donor conception. In this episode she talks about her donor conceptio...

1 Nov 20231h 20min

Everyone meet Nurse Jess! Jess is a registered nurse and former egg donor who had a terrifying and near fatal experience when she donated her eggs to a friend. Her story is very disturbing but importa...

4 Okt 20231h 5min

Today we are interviewing Rachel (they/them) who was conceived using both donor sperm and a donor egg. Their perspective, and lived experience is incredibly unique, even in the Donor Conceived communi...

27 Sep 20231h 33min

We are back with Dena Dna! And we are going to start the process of getting genetic testing done to myself. In this episode, you were going to listen to how a genetic counselor interprets your family,...

22 Sep 20231h 7min

We welcome genetic counselor Dena Dna. This three part series will show all of us how genetic testing works. In this part we are going to learn about what genetic testing is, what we can test for, and...

15 Sep 20231h

Today we welcome Mel Bornico of the United States Donor Conceived Council. The USCDD is a non-profit group formed and led by donor conceived people to advance change that promote their health, welfare...

7 Sep 20231h 16min

I’m so excited to introduce our first sperm donor to the podcast, Dylan. Dylan started donating at 20 years old, but unfortunately found out he was misled by the cryo-bank and now has over 90 children...

30 Aug 20231h 57min

We are consistently getting bombarded with egg donation recruitment ads on social media. They make it look like it's an easy side hustle that results in a huge amount of money. In walks Dr. Diane Tobe...

23 Aug 20231h 20min