CONSIDERING DONOR CONCEPTION & SURROGACY

Deciding to build your family through donor conception or surrogacy can bring up questions you may never have expected to face.

Whether you’re considering donor eggs, donor sperm, embryo donation or surrogacy, we help you explore your options, work through difficult feelings and make decisions that feel right for you and your family.

We also offer implications counselling, providing an opportunity to consider issues such as genetic connections, choosing a donor, donor identity and future contact, and how you might talk with your child about their origins.

PARENTING DONOR & SURROGACY CONCEIVED CHILDREN

We support heterosexual and LGBT+ families raising children conceived through donor conception or surrogacy, helping parents navigate the questions and conversations that arise as children grow.

We give parents practical, evidence-based tools and skills for talking with their children about their origins, respond to questions about donors, genetic connections and identity, and navigate conversations with family, friends and schools.

Our Sharing Our Family Story workshops bring parents together to build confidence, develop communication skills and learn from other families navigating similar experiences.

We provide specialist psychological support for heterosexual and LGBT+ families formed through donor conception and surrogacy, from decisions about family-building through to the questions and conversations that arise as children grow.

We also offer Sharing Our Family Story, our evidence-based workshop programme for parents of donor-conceived children. The programme helps parents develop the confidence and practical skills to talk openly with their children about their origins and navigate conversations with extended family, schools, peers and the wider world.