BACKGROUND Recipients of donor oocytes need to be synchronized to the donor's cycle if fresh embryos are to be transferred on the cycle of oocyte retrieval. It would be much easier to merely retrieve the oocytes from the donor, fertilize the oocytes with the recipient's male partner's spermatozoa, cryopreserve the embryos, then transfer on an oestrogen/progesterone treatment programme. METHOD...

There has been little research on the views and experiences of non-biological parents of sperm donor children. This paper reports the results of a survey of non-biological mothers and fathers. An online survey was designed and conducted by the Donor Sibling Registry, a US-based non-profit organization that supports those who have used donor conception. A total of 244 people responded (199 non-b...

This study examined the psychological wellbeing of fathers and father – child relationships in families with a 7-year-old child conceived by donor insemination. Twenty-four donor insemination families and comparison groups of 25 egg donation and 32 unassisted-conception families were assessed using a standardized interview and questionnaires administered to the father, and father – child dyads ...

Donor conception has historically been shrouded in secrecy. Such secrecy has been underpinned by social views and legal issues concerning the adults involved in the process – the donor, the recipient parent(s), and, at times, the doctor. However, there is increasing recognition of the need to focus upon donor-conceived people’s interests and rights to have identifying and non-identifying inform...

conclusions we found acceptable short-term survival in both groups; however, living donor recipients continue to have better long-term patient and graft survival rates. results although there were no significant differences in one-year survival rates of patient and graft between study groups, three-years survival rates of patient and graft were significantly longer in living donor kidney transp...

ObjectiveTo review the body of literature to summarize existing knowledge about factors that shape gamete donor linking and discuss their implications for clinical care future research. Recent changes in policy, practice, technology have made it possible individuals connected through conception—donor-conceived (DC) people, parents, donors—to find contact one another.Evidence ReviewA bibliograph...

<i>This study explored how discovering misattributed paternity in adulthood after commercial DNA testing impacts psychological well-being and identity formation. Thirty-three subjects participated this phenomenological qualitative study. Eighteen had experienced paternity, while the other 15 discovered due to being donor conceived. Three fundamental themes emerged both group donor-conceiv...