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
Mommy Days
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2021 Volume 2 By Rachel Vorkink There are so many ways to resolve fertility and family building challenges and we think it is important to have open conversations about all of them. That's why each issue of the RNE Magazine...
Transatlantic Family Building
Guest Post by Eloise Edington My husband and I had been married for three years before we started trying for a baby. We used to talk in depth about what they’d be called and what they’d be like. So around May 2015, when we thought ‘Right, now is the time to...
Facial Recognition and Egg Donation: Finding an Egg Donor with a Selfie
By Dory Ziperstein, LCSW, MPH The search for an egg donor can be based on a variety of criteria: cultural or ethnic background, education, athletic, or artistic talent. Now there is a new tool for parents to search for their “perfect” match in an egg donor:...
Find your people
By Kristen Sabelis Last November, I attended the RESOLVE New England (RNE) annual conference as a parent panel member. At the conference, Kate Weldon LeBlanc, RNE Executive Director, talked about the importance of finding your people. Whoever those people...
New Donor Group
As the Director of Operations of RESOLVE New England (RNE), I proudly manage the day-to-day functions of RNE's twenty peer support groups throughout New England. For awhile now, RNE has been receiving emails and phone calls from individuals and couples...
New memoir sheds light on egg donor experiences
I recently had the opportunity to read an early copy of the memoir Two Eggs, Two Kids: An egg donor’s account of friendship, infertility & secrets (Parasol Press LLC, 2015) by Alicia Young. At two different times, Alicia donated eggs to friends that were...
The Egg Donation Experience: Thoughts from a known donor
In the spring of 2014, I decided to explore becoming an egg donor. I had recently finished my Bachelor's degree and decided to look further into what being an egg donor would entail. After looking through the websites of various agencies, I filled out the...
Top 5 Things You Must Consider For Your Egg Donation Cycle
My name is Catherine Tucker and I’m a reproductive lawyer who helps with the legal side of forming families via fertility treatment. I’m very much looking forward to speaking at the upcoming RESOLVE New England Annual Fertility Treatment, Donor Choices and...
Preparing the Way for Egg Donation and/or Surrogacy
Hi all! My name is Rachel Ashby and I am the medical director of egg donation and surrogacy ART (assisted reproductive technology) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. My friend and colleague Holly Hughes and I will be speaking about egg donation at the upcoming...
Family Building through Egg Donation: My role as attorney and four-time egg donor
Gina-Marie Mariano Madow, Esq. is an attorney at Circle Egg Donation, and she is moderating one of the Donor and Surrogacy Parents Panel at the 21st Annual Fertility Treatment, Donor Choices and Adoption Conference on November 8th. This panel of parents...
Choosing an Egg Donation Agency: Questions to ask during your research
If you are considering egg donation to help build your family, it is important to thoroughly research different agencies before signing on with one. Further, it is important to find one that you feel confident joining. There are many benefits to working with...
A Parent Panelist Shares Her Egg Donation Story
By Anonymous It was powerful to be back in the same room. A few months ago I spoke for the first time as a parent at a RESOLVE New England (RNE) event on using an Egg Donor. It was the same space where I had sat four years earlier, but I was in a very...