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1. Is it important that your child looks like you? Before you decide on a sperm donor, you have to consider how important it is to you that your child have the same physical characteristics as you. For many this is a very important factor when choosing a sperm donor. 2. How much information doRead more about 4 things to consider when choosing a sperm donor[…]
Melissa Brisman runs a surrogacy practice in the US called Reproductive Possibilities. She started her career as a lawyer and started her business after her own experience of surrogacy. My Future Family talks to Melissa to find out more about international surrogacy in the US. Melissa: Upon graduation from law school, I married my husband,Read more about Ask the Expert… US Surrogacy – all you need to know[…]
I live in South West London, but I work in a different borough. I don’t really know if I can look at more than one borough for fostering and adoption or whether I should just go to a London-wide or national adoption place? Rachel, Wimbledon Local Authority adoption agencies are looking for adoptive families forRead more about Ask the Expert… Adopting[…]
I am almost 35 (in a month) and single. I have heard about freezing my eggs and whilst this is a great option, I wanted to know about ongoing costs. Is this expensive? Can I also do egg sharing or am I too old? Dawn, Manchester The first point to make about any costs relatingRead more about Ask the Expert… the costs of egg freezing[…]
Before our civil partnership, we agreed that we wanted kids but did not talk it through in detail. My boyfriend is now insisting that we use a surrogate whereas I want to adopt and take a child out of the care system as well as save the large amount of money we would have to pay aRead more about Ask the expert… different choices to start our family[…]
My two children, now 9 and 11, were conceived by artificial insemination from the same sperm donor, yet look totally different from each other. They do not believe that they have the same dad and they are insisting I prove to them they are fathered by the same man. What should I do? J Henderson WriteRead more about Ask the expert… children asking about the donor[…]
I am one half of a lesbian couple and my partner has a son by IVF from a previous civil partnership which is now dissolved. The problem is she won’t let me discipline him in any way and as a consequence he has no respect for me at all. It is really causing a rift.Read more about Ask the expert… my partners son is causing a rift[…]