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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-efxwj-cbf3d1 Conversation at holiday family gatherings can trigger unexpected emotions, especially if you’ve been trying to conceive.Aunt Alice asks you when you’re going to have a baby or your pregnant cousin, Amanda, joke-brags about how she gets pregnant by just looking at her husband.Anyone who doesn’t go down a so-called “normal” path to parenthood has […]

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-eqzyf-cbb53a Ally discovered she was donor conceived in January 2019. Since then, she has discovered over a dozen half-siblings and is still coming to terms with her new reality. Ally discusses the complexities of discovering and managing relationships with multiple half-siblings and “the process” of growth she has gone through. She shares things she would

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bq5fg-cad4fe Thirty years ago, Fran’s fertility doctor told to keep her donor conception a secret. She headed that advice against her intuition but when her daughter found out the truth as an adult, she regretted not being honest with her from the start. Grief and anger came up all over again. Fran describes the late