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There are many similarities of trauma that donor conceived people (DCP) and adoptees can experience… May 2024: Relevant insight from the world of adoption: Adoption: Mislabeled, Medicated, & Diagnosed Adoptees Could Be Grieving Profoundly Feb 2024: I Told Mom I Wanted to Find My Birth Mother. It Blind-Sided Her 2002: Lessons from a recent adoption…

Genetic mirroring refers to the experience of recognizing shared physical traits or personality characteristics between yourself and those who share your DNA. It’s the feeling of seeing yourself reflected in the appearance and behaviour of other family members, often leading to a stronger sense of belonging and identity. Genetic Mirroring is often lacking for Donor…

Genetic grief is an emotional reaction experienced by individuals or couples who are unable to pass on their genetic material to their children due to the use of donor eggs or sperm in assisted reproduction treatments (ART) and thus in donor conception, which is a type of ART. It can involve feelings of sadness, disappointment,…

Reynold Boyd was a fertility Doctor who had a clinic at 52 Harley Street, London from 1942 to the late 1970’s. Reynold Boyd had two sons. One of the sons, Nicholas Boyd, took over Reynold Boyd’s practice. Reynold Boyd’s obituary: https://www.bmj.com/content/304/6821/250 Reynold Boyd participated in fertility fraud: The great sperm heist: ‘They were playing with…

George Foss Obituary

National Library of Medicine – Information about Dr Robert Newill Dr Newill’s clinic charged Intending Parents £12 in 1976.

Name: Stuart Donated: 1983-85 (aged 19-21) Where donated: Churchill Hospital, Oxford The story begins as I was by the entrance of the college library waiting for a friend, and picked up some local science magazine that was on a shelf by the door.  I was flicking through it, and one of the pages had an…

Some of the team at Donor Conceived UK have put together a template letter/email that you can use to send to your local GP, telling them you are donor conceived, why this is important and why it should be noted on your medical file. This template can be amended to include whatever other relevant information…

The Unethical Practices of the Dr Bridgett Mason Clinic Why all this secrecy about AID? A clip of Dr Bridgett Mason in the documentary ‘Cash On Delivery ‘has a couple of interesting bits i.e. getting as many as 7 babies from one “sample”, and sometimes going as high as 20 families per donor. https://youtu.be/f9AWnIV-JUo?si=WPW88ZSA5A5Hhv3E

Name: Toby Conceived: 1984 Where Conceived: Bristol I found out from my Grandfather who had Dementia. He said “You’ve been part of this family a long time and they love you” I think I replied with a confused look “Yeah they’re my family?” Then he proceeded to tell me I was adopted or donor conceived. He couldn’t remember.…