Content Tagged: Third party options

Surrogacy

The ultimate gift: The other sister’s experience of the surrogacy journey

My name is Stacey. My sister and I have been close since the moment my parents brought her home from the hospital. We went through the ups and downs of puberty, high school, college, and then marriage together. Usually one of us started something and the other followed soon after. I met my husband, Bill, […]

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Surrogacy

The ultimate gift – A sister’s story of being a surrogate

My name is Laura. My sister Stacey and I were born a year apart and grew up sharing everything – clothes, toys, books, and even friends. When we both got married, we assumed that we’d share maternity leaves together and that our children would be the best of friends. My husband and I started trying […]

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I’m single and 3 months pregnant using a sperm donor. When I start showing, how do I answer people’s questions about who the father is or how I got pregnant? Do I tell them I used a donor? Or can I tell them to mind their own business?

Written by a member of our site development team, Emily Koert – Registered Clinical Counsellor and PhD Candidate. Read more about Emily here.   Many single women who decide to pursue a pregnancy using a donor share the same concerns. They worry about prying questions from bosses, coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances about who […]

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fatherhood

A lifesaving procedure … in exchange for my fertility. Making peace with the cost of my cancer treatment.

My name is Jeff. When I was 18 years old, I should have been partying with my friends and deciding who to bring to the senior prom. Instead, I found myself in and out of the hospital after a shocking diagnosis of testicular cancer. Rather than feeling invincible like most teenagers at that age, I […]

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