Donor Conception
Explore donor egg, donor sperm, and donor embryo as potential pathways with insights and resources from professionals, and real-life perspectives from families of donor conceived children and donor conceived people.
Donor Conception Support Group
Our Donor Conception Peer Group is for people who are looking for an open discussion of the issues, decisions, and emotions surrounding this family building option.
The first session of the month is geared towards those who are considering donor egg, donor sperm, or donor embryo as a way to build their family and those who have begun the donor conception process, but are not yet pregnant/parenting.
The second session of the month is focused on those who are cycling, pregnant, or parenting.
Typical Monthly Schedule
Session 1: 1st Tuesday or 1st Thursday of the month at 7p EST
Session 2: 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7p EST
“Love makes a family, but DNA makes a person.”
In this episode, licensed social worker and founder of Beyond the Cradle Consulting Max Tang shares their experience as a donor-conceived person and their advocacy work to improve outcomes for donor-conceived people, donors, & parents. Max, a biracial,...
A Spark of Life Released
By Rachel Wilson After welcoming our son through egg donation and surrogacy almost three years ago, it finally feels like the right time to share our decision about the one remaining viable embryo created through IVF. With IVF becoming more and more common,...
Rewriting the Mother Code
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we sit down with journalist and author Ruthie Ackerman to discuss her memoir, The Mother Code, and her journey to parenthood. For much of her life, Ackerman resided in the "hell no" camp regarding...
Redefining “Happily Ever After”
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy a copy of Reema's book through the AllPaths Bookshop, a portion of your purchase supports our mission at no extra cost to you. In this episode, Toronto-based coach Reema Kiran shares her personal experience of...
Baking a Family
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Darlene Pinkerton and Kaitlin Pinkerton-Locher, mother-daughter trailblazers who have spent decades at the forefront of third-party fertility. After a hysterectomy at age 25 left Darlene unable to...
RIVF, Representation, and Resilience
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Dana Rudolph, founder and publisher of the two-time GLAAD Media Award-winning LGBTQ+ parenting site Mombian. Dana shares her personal family-building story from the early 2000s, detailing her and her partner’s...
Grief Shared Is Grief Divided
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we are joined by Rachel Spekman, a therapist and career strategist from Massachusetts. Rachel shares her arduous three-year journey to motherhood, which involved multiple fertility treatments, multiple losses, and...
Contemplating Donor Conception? Insights, Validation, and Hope from Families Who’ve Been There
If you're reading this, you are likely standing at a crossroads trying to envision a future family built through donor conception. Maybe you're feeling overwhelmed, shocked, or simply unsure if this is the right next step for you and your family. It's common...
Maya & Jen’s Journeys: From ‘One More Shot’ to Empowering Others
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, hosts Kate and Emily sit down with Maya and Jen, the founders of EM•POWER with Moxi, to explore their experiences with embryo donation. Maya, a psychotherapist and creator of the documentary One More Shot, shares her...
Rachel’s Journey: Knitting Him Into Existence
This episode features a conversation with Rachel Wilson, a therapist, yoga and meditation instructor, coach, and most recently, a postpartum doula and intended parent support coach. Rachel shares the difficult journey she and her husband undertook to welcome...
Jessica’s Journey: Chutes and Ladders
This episode features Jessica Katz, licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health therapist, and parent to an egg-donor conceived child. During our conversation, Jessica shares her deeply personal and often challenging journey to...
Jodi’s Journey: One from Each Column
This episode features speaker and author Jodi Mitchel Tolman, who shares how she and her husband navigated multiple paths over six years to build their family after facing challenges with fertility. Their family ultimately consisted of three children: one...