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Using An Egg Donor To Build Your Family and The Donor Sibling Registry

If you have decided to utilize an egg donor to build your family, you have likely considered what you will tell your child/children about the origins of their conception.   The decision-making process about disclosure is complex, and warrants thoughtful consideration.  It is important and useful to gather information about the topic of disclosure from reliable resources.

One such resource that offers useful information is The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR).  The DSR was originally founded to help donor-conceived children connect with their half-siblings.  The organization was founded out of the curiosity of donor- conceived children wanting to learn more about their donor and their donors’ families, including other donor-conceived half-siblings.

Since it’s beginning in 2000, the DSR has grown to be so much more.  It is now a place to learn about how to get access to accurate medical updates from your donor, and be connected should you and/or your child have questions in the future that only your donor can answer.

To learn more about DSR, visit their website.

The Legal Aspects of Using An Egg Donor To Build Your Family in Kansas City

Most people feel a combination of emotions after they have decided to use an egg donor to attempt conception and build their family.  Among those are feelings of relief and hope that the option is available, and that the opportunity to realize the dream of becoming a parent is still an option.

After the decision to use an egg donor is made, the information gathering process can be overwhelming and scary, especially when you consider the legal aspects.  To compound the overwhelming feelings, different people and sources will tell you different things about what you can do, should do, or are required to do.  What most intended parents don’t realize is that since there are not any laws regulating the industry nobody is really right.  And nobody is really wrong either.

So, make sure you get a variety of professional opinions and perspectives when gathering information about using an egg donor to build your family.  This is especially true for the legal documents that define what your intentions are, and establish your parental rights.  Pathways To Parenthood can help you with this process.  Contact us today to get started!

Using A Gestational Surrogate In Kansas City: Only For The Rich and Famous?

The list of celebrities that have used a gestational surrogate to build their family is long:  Guliana and Bill Rancic, Elton John and David Furnish, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick to name a few.  For those that are able to afford using a gestational surrogate to build their family, the cost is not considered a great obstacle.  For the rest of us who are not so rich and famous, it can seem like an impossible dream.

Although utilizing a gestational surrogate to build your family is expensive, it does not have to be impossible.  It is important to know that you are working with professionals that can help you make sure the money (and time) you spend finding the right gestational surrogate for you is money and time well spent.  Many people try to cut corners and save money, which many times backfires.  If you are considering using a gestational surrogate to build your family, contact Pathways To Parenthood today!

Egg Donor Ovarian Reserve and AMH

The screening process for egg donation involves many steps.  Knowing whether a young woman who wishes to help a family through egg donation is actually a good candidate or not involves among other things a fertility assessment.  Only a medical health care provider can fully assess whether a woman is a good candidate from a medical standpoint, to donate her eggs.  However, the relatively recent use of assessing AMH (Anti-Mullerian Hormone) levels to determine a candidate’s ovarian reserve, offers intended parents preliminary assurance that their chosen egg donor will be a viable candidate from a medical perspective.

AMH levels are one test of ovarian reserve, but they do not give a definitive answer as to how someone will respond to medication.  They do offer an indication of a candidate’s ovarian reserve.  If AMH levels are too low, it will eliminate a potential candidate for egg donation.  If you are considering using an egg donor to build your family, be sure to inquire about AMH levels.