By: Amber Leventry I was talking to a new friend recently about Thanksgiving. We have friends in common, my neighbors actually, and this friend gushed over the massive Thanksgiving dinner event which takes place on the end of my street each year, at our mutual friend’s house. It’s the epitome of holiday tradition, and I […]
By: Amber Leventry “Hey, Eva,” I said to my daughter a few nights ago. “Want to spend Thanksgiving with Molly, Ethan, and the kids?” My partner, Amy, and I had just made a plan to visit the couple who used the same anonymous sperm donor as we did to build their family of five. “Yeah, […]
By: Amber Leventry When I wrote Sperm Banks, Sibling Registries, and Donor Siblings: The Insemination of Family, I introduced you to a very important piece of my journey. As the non-biological mother to my three children, I shared my apprehension of choosing a sperm donor and my hesitation to use the sperm bank’s sibling registry […]
By Amber Leventry I don’t like surprises. I am not fond of change. And I hate the feeling in my stomach when things are out of my control. All three of these crazy-making items collided when we bought baby-making sperm. My biggest hang-up was the knowledge that someone unknown to us could also buy our […]
