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Oocyte Donation
An oocyte is an immature egg cell.
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Embryo Donation
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/section/1/enacted
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Insemination Fraud
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Egg Donor Health Issues
There are many egg donors who have experienced hair loss, thyroid and other hormone imbalances such as weight gain, sciatica pain, muscle loss, infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, cancers. Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is a complication of fertility treatments, particularly IVF, where the ovaries become enlarged and release fluid into the body. It can range from…
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“The Donor was a medical student”
This is an outright lie that historical fertility clinic “doctors” and staff told historical Recipient Parents. We are seeing, as the number of Donor Conceived People in the UK who KNOW they are DC rises, that nearly all historical Recipient Parents of DC children who were conceived using anonymous sperm, were told that the anonymous…
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How many Donor Conceived People are there in the UK?
The Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority (HFEA) advises that there are now more than 85,000 Donor Conceived People (DCP) who have been conceived in the UK since 1st August 1991, when the HFEA was created. However, this number doesn’t take into account the DCP who were conceived between the 1940’s and 1991. This also doesn’t take…
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Large Sibling Groups/Pods
The psychological distress of large sibling groups/pods The Guardian Aug 2024: ‘You feel a bit mass-produced’: donor-conceived people on the export of UK sperm Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 3 “Memories Missed” Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 5 “The Adventure Continues”
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British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) 1987 AID Leaflet
Please be warned that some elements of these leaflets could be triggering for a DCP, especially the “Telling the Child” section. The leaflet is below, in pdf format:
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Frozen Sperm in UK Fertility Practices
1953: The first successful human pregnancy with frozen spermatozoa was reported in 1953.
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Snowflake Baby
The term “Snowflake baby” was coined in reference to unused frozen embryos (left over from other couples’ attempts to conceive through in vitro fertilization) that have been embryo “adopted” by families. These embryos are donated by couples who have completed their families and are seeking to “help” others build their families through embryo adoption.