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Choosing an Egg Donor: A Delicate Balance by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility I find that there is often a delicate balance to be struck between being absolutely ready to build your family via egg donation and taking a leap of faith so as not to mis ... Read on »

Egg Donor: Spoiler Alert, Nurture Wins by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Nurture vs. Nature has always been a hotly debated topic and in this age of third-party fertility, it often causes quite a bit of stress for intended parents. The majority ... Read on »

How to Choose An Egg Donor? by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Having spent seventeen years as a fertility counselor, I have helped thousands of intended parents find an egg donor. This is a journey that few people are prepared to make. ... Read on »

Egg Donor: Predicting Your Child’s Eye Color by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility for some, eye color may be a distinctive family trait and therefore harder to let go of. Eye color is complex and not definitively predictable. Read on »

Playing The Blame Game With Infertility by Dawn Davenport by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility One of my favorite people in the infertility field is Dawn Davenport. She runs a non-profit called Creating a Family. Dawn writes candidly and with great heart on a number ... Read on »

Making Babies: What comes first, the reproductive endocrinologist, the surrogate, or the egg... by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility As I started to write this blog I was reminded of a children’s story called, “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie”. It is not a matter of just giving the mouse a cookie because ea ... Read on »

Talking to Your Child About Egg Donation: Ancestral Lines by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility I recently heard an interview on NPR with the poet David Ferry. He read a short excerpt from his poem, Ancestral Lines ... hearing this struck me about how we make sense of ... Read on »

What do Egg Donor Agencies Screen For? by Gail Sexton Anderson Ed.M. by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility “What do agencies screen for?” Keep in mind that egg donor agencies are not medical institutions. They don’t have a medical director, medical staff, or a lab where they ca ... Read on »

The Egg Donor Waiting List: Family Deferred by Gail Sexton Anderson, Ed. M. by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility I have had the privilege of helping many intended parents through the pitfalls of third-party fertility and into a successful pregnancy. One of those pitfalls is the egg do ... Read on »

John NYC by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility I wanted to thank you again for your help in finding a donor and a surrogate. So far, everything is going as well as I could have hoped. We’re halfway through the pregnanc ... Read on »

It’s Complicated; It’s Uncomfortable; It’s Doable; It’s... by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility So you are the parent of a terrific, wonderful, practically perfect in every way child brought to you by the wonders of third party reproduction. Read on »

Top Ten Tips for Telling Children About Donor Egg, Sperm, and Embryo by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Telling is a process, not a one- or even two-time event. You start simple laying the groundwork and add detail as your child ages. Read on »

Egg Donors and Surrogacy: A New Philosophy on Family Building by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Having been intimately involved in third party fertility since 1998, I find I am teaching intended parents a new philosophy on how to think about building their families. Read on »

Donor Concierge and Chinese Fertility Patients by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Part of my goal for Donor Concierge was to offer cultural sensitivity and understanding to our clients. When I began my career in working with international intended parent ... Read on »

Women in Asia largely ignorant, fatalistic, about fertility by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility Women in Asia are largely ignorant about fertility problems and tend to blame their failure to conceive on "God's will" and bad luck, a survey has found. Read on »

What makes Donor Concierge Egg Donor Search and Consulting Services Unique? by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility The greatest value we offer is that we help intended parents to process their emotions and guide them through the monumental event of selecting the right egg donor candidate ... Read on »

Building a Relationship with your Surrogate by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility For most, working with a surrogate is new and uncharted territory and the cost of working with one is substantial. It’s normal to focus on the financial and ‘business’ aspec ... Read on »

The Perfect can be the Enemy of the Good in Egg Donation by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility I’ve helped hundreds of intended parents find egg donors and surrogates over the past 16 years, I can find just about anything an intended parent might want in an egg donor ... Read on »

Ideal Age of an Ovum Donor by Gail Sexton Anderson by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility The American Society of Reproductive Medicine guidelines state donors should be at least 21 years of age and can be up to 34 years of age. Very few REs will approve an egg ... Read on »

Sacha, an MD in search of an Egg Donor by Gail Sexton Anderson Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility We wanted to find a donor who looks similar to me physically, came from a good family and was academically gifted (I am an MD). I was registered to multiple donor databases ... Read on »

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