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Donor Conception Journal Club

Laura Runnels

Insights from research on family building with donor eggs, sperm, and embryos. We share digestible summaries of peer-reviewed research examining the experiences of donor-conceived individuals, donors, parents, and family-building professionals.

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Latest Issues

Review looks at why egg donors donate and what they want to know afterward

Fusco, C., Ballhysa, M., Ghafourian, F., & Jadva, V. (2026). Oocyte donors’ motivations for donation and expectations about post-donation contact with donor-conceived individuals: a systematic review. Human Reproduction Update, 00(00), 1–22...

4 days ago
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Re-Share: Who Else Needs to Know? Navigating Disclosure About Your Child’s Donor Conception Status

Over the summer, I ran into another mom from my kid’s class. She mentioned that her daughter had asked her why my child says she has so many siblings. She told me that she said it was up to my child to decide whether to share that and it wa...

8 days ago
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UK Sperm Donors' Perspectives on Identity-Release Donation, Relatedness, and Future Contact

Graham, S. (2022). The opposite of a step parent — The genetics without any of the emotion: ‘sperm donors’ reflections on identity-release donation and relatedness. Reproductive BioMedicine and Society Online, 14, 192–203. https://doi.org/1...

12 days ago
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Donor-Conceived Adults and Parents Describe Life After Discovering Insemination Fraud

Indekeu, A., Gootjes, M., Enzlin, P., & Siermann, M. (2026). Experiences of insemination fraud: Discovering and navigating unexpected and entangled connections. Human Fertility, 29(1), 2712350. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647273.2026.2712350...

15 days ago

A Year Inside Online Sperm Donation: What One Study Observed

Smith, L., Krotoski, A., Carless, D., Eldred, L., Frith, L., Jones, G., Pacey, A. A., Palmer, T., Taylor-Phillips, F., & Turner-Moore, R. (2026). Building trust in a suspicious network: findings from a one-year digital ethnography of five o...

20 days ago
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  • Laura Runnels

    \ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb‍\ud83d\udcbc public health consultant⁣ | #onalarc ⁣ \ud83d\udccd MS expat in the Rust Belt⁣ \ud83e\udd0d Board member @midwifecenter⁣ \ud83e\uddec Solo mom of #donorconceived ⁣kids

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