A Donor Conceived Adult
Tiffany Gardner, an adult DCP
Tag: secret
-
It’s Sibling Season
What is Sibling Season? It’s how those of us in DCP (donor-conceived person) support groups refer to late November into the new year. As the gift-giving holidays are upon us and Ancestry, 23 and Me, and other commercial DNA services slash prices, more people buy at-home tests for fun or as presents. Some folks get only one…
-
(Donor Conceived) Baby’s First Christmas
Something about the ornaments from my first Christmas hits differently now that I know I am donor conceived. I have no independent memories of the ornaments. Instead I found them while moving my grandmother and mom out of their houses, respectively. I think about what these ornaments must have meant to them as they hung…
-
Respect Your Child by Telling the Truth
Lying is a form of disrespect. Remember that. Freskoismee via Tumbl Recently I was very upset after going down the comment rabbit hole on a potential recipient parent’s Instagram post. A recipient of donated eggs commented that she and her family (grandparents of the child included) had decided to never tell the child that they…
A Donor Conceived Adult 