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Personal stories

A personal story of blood and belonging

Personal stories

"Half of Me" - Ally's Story

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Kate's story: Growing up as a donor conceived person

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Lou's story: "I needed to know more"

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"It was right for us to just surrender ourselves to the process" - Michelle's Story (Part 1)

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Being an older mum and a mum through egg donation - Michelle's Story (Part 2)

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"The children will always know about their donor" - Sophy's story

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The road to Rachel - Sara's story

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Anna's story: "Becoming a solo mum has made my dream come true"

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Toby’s special story - by solo mum Jane

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Mark's story: "Our family felt complete"

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I was finally on the right path - Kati's journey to solo motherhood

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Mixed blessings

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Hannah's solo mum story

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Deciding to use a donor – Mairead’s story

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Thoughts on Father’s Day

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Thoughts from Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok: a donor conceived person

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Joëlle's story: A missing side, with missing pieces

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Lynda's story: Having a second child as a solo mum

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Rebekah's story

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Ted's story

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Parenting Children Conceived Using Donated Eggs or Sperm: Is it different?

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Bill's story: discovering you are donor conceived later in life

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Alex's story: Three sisters make one baby

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The issue of language

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What is a 'real mother?' Alison's story of motherhood via egg donation

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Becky's story: "There’s so much more to being a mum than DNA"

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Lizzy's story: Life with donor conceived teenagers

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Anon: "My struggles with anonymous donation"

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Carly's story: growing up donor conceived following shared embryo donation

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Sarah's story: Loss, learning and luck on the journey to motherhood

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Eran's story: "My family of four via egg donation and surrogacy"

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Clare's double donation story

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Richard's Australian Story

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Mel's story: Combating loneliness as a solo mum

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Spencer and Joel's story

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A Father's Day message

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I have always felt like the most wanted child on the planet

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Legal changes for LGBT families: "We will keep fighting the good fight"

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Emma's story: "If anything was ever meant to be, it was him"

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Reflections

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All I saw was my baby girl

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John's story: "The surrogate down our street"

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Brian's story: Becoming a dad via a known donor

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Grateful to receive, glad to give - Emma's egg-sharing story

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Jane's story: "I remain indebted to a stranger"

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I Do Have Brothers and Sisters!!

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Shirley’s Story

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