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07/08/2025

This is an incredible story. A key takeaway for us is that while science is amazing to facilitate the birth, as a society we have lots of thinking and action to take around the ethics to protect those involved - particularly the donor conceived person.

"Science may offer the means, but motherhood [parenthood] is where meaning is made. It’s in the glances between siblings born a generation apart. In the parents who waited years for a child. In the small, steady heartbeat of someone once frozen in time."

But genetics is not unimportant and must be considered.

Read the full article at https://ca.news.yahoo.com/30-old-embryo-just-became-210715410.html (link in bio)

31/07/2025

In honour of Feona's annual pilgrimage to NZ with her daughter to spend time with her sister (shared s***m donor), we're making our Considerations for Donor Siblings Connections webinar available while they're away.

There are pros and cons to connecting with donor siblings. This webinar explores them and the approaches you can take to decide when and how to build those connections.

Get your access here: https://www.dcphub.com.au/book-shop/p/considerations-recording2 (link in bio)

24/07/2025

Ever wondered how a parent decides between different donor types? And whether they wish they'd made different decisions on their donor conception journey? Or what their biggest challenge has been parenting a donor conceived child?

Like our Conversations with Donors and Donor Conceived People webinars, this event aims to build connections within the donor conception community by sharing experiences to foster understanding.

⭐Thursday 7 August on zoom from 7:00-8:30pm ⭐
Tickets via www.dcphub.com.au/events (link in bio)

See you there!

24/07/2025

Another media article about donor conception that references 'both parties' (donor and parents) but FORGETS ABOUT THE DONOR CONCEIVED PERSON!

This drives us nuts (to put it nicely 🤬). Surely the MOST IMPORTANT party to donor conception is the person actually conceived?!

This article is about a new app in the UK trying to 'structure' the 'wild west' of informal s***m donation. Apparently it operates largely like Tinder. As it's classed as a social platform and not a s***m bank its not bound by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) laws that apply to clinics and s***m banks. Wonder who will be most affected...?

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/swipe-baby-behind-app-hoping-092317245.html (link in bio)

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22/07/2025

Miss out on tickets for How to Tell? Then don’t miss the REPLAY!

Seminar recordings available till 3 Aug from www.dcohub.com.au/book-shop

20/07/2025

Did you miss out on tickets for our How to Tell seminar in Brisbane this month? Don't stress! You can now get access to the replay.

For a limited time though so don't miss this valuable information from adult DCPs who've always known as well as psychologists and an author. Lots to learn, and stories to hear.

Order now at https://www.dcphub.com.au/book-shop/p/h2t25-seminar-replay (link in bio).

08/07/2025

Our focus is always on how to improve things for donor conceived people so we support calls for ‘informal’ donor conception via social media being included in the ART review.

As donor coneived woman Em Fae points out, ‘donor honesty’ isn’t included in group rules. This is pretty telling of the current state of affairs.

A leading Australian fertility lawyer is urging governments to regulate the "wild west" of online semen donation, accusing them of being "asleep at the wheel".

01/07/2025

Laws are only valuable in keeping the community safe if they’re enforced!

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30/06/2025

Hooray Oregon!!! 🥳🎉👏

30/06/2025

Huge thanks to Hope Street Café who came to our rescue on Saturday when our How to Tell venue’s kitchen cupboards were all locked, meaning we had no cutlery or crockery to serve coffee, tea or lunch.

The lovely team next door lent us what we needed. And they make awesome coffee too!