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What shapes the experience of meeting a sperm donor for the first time
Meeting the sperm donor for the first time: what can shape the experiences of donor-conceived people? (van Rooij, 2026)
 • Laura Runnels
How Australian egg donors interact with recipient families
From clicks to creating kin: how Australian online egg donors craft relationships with recipients and donor-conceived children. (Volks, 2025)
 • Laura Runnels
DC Journal Club - February Round Up
Introducing a new nonprofit in the donor conception world
 • Laura Runnels
Do Donor-Conceived Kids Need to Know Their Half-Siblings?
Parental Decisions about Connecting with Families that Used the Same Donor
 • Laura Runnels
Technology is reshaping how informal sperm donors and recipients know each other
Donor profiles, spreadsheets and video calls: un/known donor conception in the digital age (Gilman, 2026)
 • Laura Runnels

February 2026

The psychosocial impact of being a sperm donor recipient
A mixed-methods systematic review of the attitudes, experiences, motivations and disclosure decisions among recipients of donor sperm. (Nash, 2026)
 • Laura Runnels
How French donor-conceived adults experience learning about their origins
Disclosing donor conception: a mixed methods study exploring the experience and attitudes of French sperm donor-conceived adults born within…
 • Laura Runnels
(Updated Post) Reviewing the evidence on donor-conceived psychological outcomes
Comparing the psychological outcomes of donor and non-donor conceived people: A systematic review. (Talbot, 2024)
 • Laura Runnels
Online sperm donation creates new family-building pathways while presenting unique challenges
Using online platforms to offer or seek sperm donation: A systematised narrative review of donor and recipient experiences. (Côté, 2025)
 • Laura Runnels
Infant attachment security similar across two dad, two mom, and heterosexual parent families
Attachment in families created through ART: results from the first study using the Strange Situation Procedure in same-sex and different-sex parent…
 • Laura Runnels
New research highlights barriers to fertility preservation for transgender people
Trans peoples’ interest in reproduction and fertility preservation: A cross-sectional, descriptive study into barriers to reproductive care. (Des…
 • Laura Runnels
DC Journal Club - January Round Up
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