Author name: Jana M. Rupnow, LPC

About the Author Jana M. Rupnow, MA, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and consultant specializing in fertility and family building. Jana has helped hundreds of people facing the challenges of infertility as well as those preparing for third-party family building and adoption. Jana works independently in private practice in Dallas, Texas. She has built relationships with fertility doctors across the country to help their patients with the psychological challenges of donation conception prior to medical intervention. She works with couples, parents, donors, agencies, and endocrinologists across the nation in her Dallas offices and via Skype or FaceTime. Jana also helps parents learn to communicate with their children about donor conception and serves as a liaison for communication between donor-conceived or adoptive families and genetic or birth parents. She is a speaker and a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine’s Mental Health Group and a professional member of the National Infertility Association, Resolve. Jana has a clinical background in physiology and has published articles through Baylor University Medical Center. Jana is also an adoptee and adoptive mom. She and her husband, Scott, live in Dallas with their son, Caden, and daughter, Jade, and two goldendoodles, Oliver and Chloe. For consultation, counseling, training for professionals, or a speaking engagement, email Jana@JanaRupnow.com or learn more on JanaRupnow.com. Follow Jana Rupnow on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @janarupnowlpc.

Romi and Britt Seek to Understand Their Child‘s Perspective as They Grow

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-divex-10fe028 Romi and Britt, two moms through sperm donation, share their journey to better understanding their child’s potential perspective. Britt shares how she has worked through her vulnerabilities as the non-genetic parent and has a totally different view from when they first embarked on this journey. Romi’s lived personal experience with non-genetic family life, gives

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Lindsay Keeps Her Biological Father‘s Secret

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ms58e-10f2fe7 Lindsay shares difficult feelings around being donor conceived like, the guilt and divided loyalty she felt between her dad and the desire to know more about her biological father. She explains how the lack of genetic mirroring impacted her as she searched for her identity in strangers faces as a teenager. Lindsay found her

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Olivia Montuschi Shares a Lifetime of Experience as a Parent through Donor Conception

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g32fn-1074ba2 Olivia Montuschi, co-founder of the Donor Conception Network in England, has over 35 years of experience as a parent to donor-conceived children and is the author of several resources for parents.  Olivia shares her personal story as well as the story of how the @d_c_network was  born.  In this episode, she shares valuable perspectives

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Updating School Curriculums to be Inclusive of All Roads to Family Building

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-shyvs-106d734 Guest, Rachel Ginnochio, a sexuality and family building educator, writer and consultant shares her work to develop education curriculum to be inclusive of the many ways that families are made. Rachel is writing a book for middle grade readers about human reproduction and family formation and is writing comprehensive lessons for high school students

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Levels of Openness in Donation

Are you open to connect via: Level 1 DSR registryUnidentifiable email accountZoom call (audio only), use alias accountShare baby photos, interests and hobbies Level 2Identifiable email accountZoom call (face to face with identificationShare adult photos, and/or extended family, share ancestral information/family tree Level 3Includes above levels plus in-person visitsConversations including child as age appropriateSocial media

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Inconceivedable, Part 2

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wiiyv-1025aa1 Bee of @inconceivedable tells the rest of her story. In 2020, Bee opened her 23and me account again to discovery 12 half-siblings. In this episode, Bee shares her raw emotions as she unravels a secret that re-defined her and her relationships. Follow @inconceivedable. Follow @janarupnowlpc Receive updates for parent education workshops. Buy Three Makes

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Inconceivedable, Part 1

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wf7wz-1023d73 “Science is how I get pregnant.” “Bee” of @Inconceivedable, recounts how her experiences with infertility lead  her to  an unexpected discovery about her family. A curious call makes her wonder if her dad was a sperm donor.   Three Makes Baby is  hosted by Jana Rupnow,  music by Kevin McCloud Follow Jana on social

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