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About Me
- Veronica Thomas
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- I am a busy stay-at-home mom of three-year-old Cutie, two-year-old Brainy and 9-month-old Sweetie. Supper time is a challenge for me every day (unless there are leftovers). Once my husband gets home from work and I can hand over the children, I usually have about 30 minutes to throw it all together before the rumbles in those little tummies cut short my preparations. Quite regularly I also have to cook while entertaining one or more of the little ones who have decided to attach to me at just that most particular time. So I thought I would share my mealtime adventures and recipes for those who perhaps are in similar situations and might find them helpful.
Blog Archive
Blogs by the Donor-Conceived and by Donors
- Babs' blog against repro tech
- Confessions of a cryokid - Lindsay, a donor-conceived young woman
- Damian Adams, son of a sperm donor
- Donor-Conceived Perspectives - several donor-conceived people blog here
- Elizabeth, a donor conceived woman
- Kelly, daughter of a sperm donor
- Lynne W. Spencer - DI conceived, seems to be proud of it, has written a book on DI kids
- Michael Linden - sperm donor who is now against sperm donation
- Mike - Tasmanian student, gay, DI conceived
- Narelle, daughter of a sperm donor
- Regretful surrogate mom writes journal to son
- Son of a Surrogate
- Umbilically Challenged - daughter of surrogate mother
- Whosedaughter - donor conceived woman - this is a very active and very informative blog that I highly reccommend
Other Related Blogs and Sites
Groups for Those Affected
Repro Tech News
Cool Sites and Blogs on Related Matters
Blog Stops Along The Baby Trade
- 3 Munchkins and a Mom - 1 natural child and 2 DI children with a single mom
- A single Woman's Journey to Motherhood - single DI mom
- As Good As It Gets - Woman who is parenting twins created with sister's donated egg
- Bob the Broom - Woman currently pregnant with donor's egg
- Boulder's Boxcars - Woman considering using a surrogate
- DE Success - parents of 1-year-old donor egg twins
- Demeter's Hope - 40-something career "single mom by choice" used donor sperm
- DI Dad - Social dad of two DI kids - his hobby, ironically, is genealogy
- DI Mom - mother of children from donor sperm
- Dynamo Dad - Australian man who would like to become a social father through DI
- Egg Scramble - pregnant with donor egg
- Enough Already - mother of donor egg babies
- Going It Alone - British single woman, 41, currently pregnant with DI twins
- Hard Boiled - mother of egg donor's baby
- IF and the city - woman currently pregnant with donor egg
- Life in the Soupbowl - mom of donor egg daughter
- Miki Morissette - Single Moms By Choice - don't give much choice to their kids
- My Sperm Donor Journey - 29-year-old single woman using donor sperm
- No Bananas - woman pregnant with donor sperm
- Our IVF and PGD Journey - A couple using donor sperm
- Plan B - Mother of son born of gestational surrogate
- Right vs. Easy - woman raising boy conceived with cousin's eggs
- Rocky Road - trying to get pregant with donor sperm
- Sarah Solitaire - hopeful "single mom by choice"
- Soulbliss - single lesbian DI mom
- Stella and/or Ben - trying to conceive with donor sperm
- Technology Babies - Swiss woman trying to conceive with donor sperm
- The End of My Line? - Social father of DI twins
- The Great Baby Quest - woman trying donor sperm
- The Sweet Life - trying to conceive with frozen embryos and donor sperm
- Three Bags Full - woman has frozen embryo, trying various repro tech
Living and Spreading Injustice
- Donor Miracles - a Yahoo group for parents of donor-conceived children
- DI Dads Speak Out - social fathers online
- Free Classifieds for Surrogacy - after all, why not?
- Surrogate Moms Online - Online chatroom for suppliers and buyers
- Donor Conception Network - British national self-help network for DI parents and those contemplating using DI
The Revolution in Parenthood: The Emerging Global Clash Between Adult Rights and Children"s Needs
http://www.americanvalues.org/parenthood/parenthood.htm
Reccommended Books about Repro Tech
- Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, by Sylvia Hewlett (334 pp, Miramax, April 2002).
- Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Men, Women, and the World, by Liza Mundy (432 pp, Knopf, April 2007).
- My Daddy's Name is Donor, by Elizabeth Marquart (TO BE PUBLISHED)
- The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, by Debora L. Spar (302 pp, Harvard Business School Press, February 2006).
- The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, by Michael J. Sandel (176 pp, Belknap Press, May 2007).
- Who Am I? Experiences of Donor Conception, by Dr. Alexina McWhinnie (72 pp, Idreos Education Trust, October 2006).
Reports and Papers on Repro Tech
- Family History, by J. David Velleman, Philosophical Papers, Vol. 34., No. 3 (November 2005) - PDF document.
- Donor gametes: anonymous or identified? by Ken Daniels, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2007).
- "The Right To Know: Secrecy and Donor Conception" (Australian Rationalist, Autumn 2000)
- "From a ‘bundle of joy’ to a person with sorrow: Disenfranchised grief for the donor-conceived adult"- by Joanna Rose (2001)
General Articles on the Baby Trade
Articles on Egg Donation
- Carol Ostrom, "Donated eggs, sperm create complex relationships" (Seattle Times, July 5, 2007).
- Dani Shapiro, "There is No Me Without You" (Elle, February 2007)
- Debora Spar, Ph.D., "The Egg Trade - Making Sense of the Market for Human Oocytes" (New England JOurnal of Medicine, March 29, 2007)
- Peggy Orenstein, "Your Gamete, Myself" (New York Times, July 15, 2007).
Articles on Sperm Donation
- "Children of a lesser dad" (Fairfax Digital, December 21, 2002).
- "From 'donor 48QAH' to dad" (USA Today, June 14, 2006)
- "My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor" - by Katrina Clark (Washington Post, December 17, 2006)
- "My Life as a Sperm Donor Dad" - by Mike Livingston (Washington Post, December 17, 2006)
- "Sperm Donor Father Ends His Anonymity" (NYT, Feb 14, 2007)
- "Sperm for Sale" (Forbes, February 9, 2007)
- Article on blogger "DI Dad" -- "Infertile fathers fight stigma as 'DI Dads'" (USA Today, June 14, 2006)
- David Brook, "The National Pastime" (New York Times, June 15, 2007)
- Kay S. Hymowitz, "The Incredible Shrinking Father" (City Journal, Spring 2007).
Articles on Surrogacy
Articles on Single Mothers and Fathers by Choice
Articles on Legal Issues Resulting from Repro Tech
- Danielle Hamm, "Divorced Couple Battle for 'Custody' of their Frozen Embryos" (BioNews, June 5, 2007).
- Danielle Hamm, "Sperm donor seeks custody of his biological son" (BioNews, July 23, 2007).
- Elizabeth Marquardt, "When Three Really is a Crowd" (New York Times, July 16, 2007)
- Nicola Woolcock, "Couple wins child from mother who broke [traditional] surrogacy agreement" (The Times, July 27, 2007).
Articles on IVF Issues
Articles on Health Effects of Repro Tech on Children and Mothers
- "Fertility method (ICSI) linked to low testosterone in boys" (Reuters, July 31, 2007).
- Sandy Starr, "Report on death of Irish IVF patient published" (July 31, 2007).
- Sarah Boseley, "Taking on the baby gods: mild IVF" (The Guardian, July 4, 2007).
- Dr. Kelly Hollowell, "John Edwards' high-risk children" (WorldNetDaily, July 24, 2004).
Articles on Genetic Screening (PGD)
Articles on Frozen Embryos and Embryo Adoption
Articles on Advances in Repro Tech
Commenting on Canada
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act of Canada (2004)
- Assisted Human Reproduction Office of Canada
- IMFC review - Part 2: DI children grow up (February 2007) - PDF
- IMFC review of repro tech situation in Canada - Part 1: risks to women (January 2007) - PDF
- Testimony of Barry Stevens, a founding member of the Alliance of People Produced by Assisted Reproductive Technology (APPART) and maker of the film Offspring, as he testifies against donor anonimity in Canada - "Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights" (Ottawa, October 2, 2006)
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4 comments:
Sorry to hear that, and looking forward to you returning.
I am also sorry, but eagerly await your return!
Oh darn! So many people are going to miss out on your insane rants!!!
What a heartless cruel blog topic. I'm going to guess you have not been through the pain of not being able to conceive with your partner? Well, I have and it is painful and heart-wrenching. And I'll cut to the chase, because I suspect someone who takes the time and effort to create a blog on this topic is not one for sentimentality or feeling (and probably a republican too. funny how you can ALWAYS spot them). My wife and I tried to conceive for years. After that, we tried IVF. Four times and each time a failure. Finally, we tried a donor cycle. It was successful. Our twins are now 3 years old, and wonderfully confident happy kids. There are lots of kids who are adopted who don't know their biological parents. Is that a loss? Of course it is. My wife and I knew that going in and know that the kids will need to know when they are emotionally ready to handle it (a judgment call, who can say if we'll be right...). But overriding that, we knew with certainty that we would love our children with all of our heart and that being a biological parent is only a small part of parenthood. Being there emotionally for your children, nurturing their individuality, loving them and helping them grow. That is more important than the fact that they sprang from your seed.
You are heartless. I hope you find one someday. And for the world's sake, let's hope YOU don't have kids.
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