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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.…

Name: Vanessa Conceived: 1998 Where conceived: UCSF Center for Reproductive Health (USA) I found out I was donor-conceived at the age of 22. I had recently graduated from my undergraduate studies in the US and had decided to move to the UK to pursue a master’s degree in Genomic Medicine—a degree choice that now feels…

Toby – Nov 2024 I’ve tried many times over the years to explain the feeling of finding out you’re donor conceived. After the news. It all being so familiar but yet so alien. Like watching your family through a distorted lense. The French have a word for this- Jamais vu- You’re looking at things that…