There is a strange but all to real pressure on men to have sons to carry on the family name. This pressure was only magnified internally by ...

We received in the mail last night the book "Before You Were Born ... Our Wish for a Baby: Donor Insemination" that is available v...

We saw a picture of our children's half sibling. Very cute little girl. I saw a resemblance with my son especialy around the eyes. But t...

Within the comments to the August 12th post titled “How Did We Decide to Use a Donor” a discussion evolved between myself and a blogger goin...

Last night we received an email from the mother of the child who apparently is the half sibling of our two kids. Like us she did not expect ...

Last night I was able to post the births of my two kids to the DSR. I was quite excited to do so as I had seen the night before another chil...

Last night I registered myself onto the Donor Sibling Registry . Upon searching the donor database I immediately found a listing for the sam...

This evening I found a link on the Donor Sibling Registry site to another site where they are selling a line of books geared to explaining c...

My wife commented when she read this blog for the first time that I must really be bothered by the whole DI thing. I am not sure I am or no...

Yesterday my son was alternatively bored and elated at his grandfather's 70th birthday party. He wanted to go home and not stay in the r...

Over time we actually chose three donors. The first was to be used only as a backup for the two full ivf / icsi cycles in case the urologist...

Today we celebrate his 70th with a surprise party at a restaurant with family and friends. Not sure what I am thinking. Will my kids do this...

I was not sure whether I would tell my wife about this blog or not. I at first figured it would be my thoughts alone without her comments. S...

We were convinced I guess by friends that we made who were also going through IVF and I guess the doctors. The idea being that the donor sem...

This weekend we are visiting my family including my sister's daughters. Their younger daughter is basically the same age as my son. Bo...

Only our families and a few friends know about the DI. Most on purpose. Some not. What's was at first real annoying but now is more amu...

About 6 months before we were to be married I went to a urologist as I thought I had discovered a lump in my scrotum and I was concerned tha...

I am unsure how to begin. Unsure re this Blog and unsure if how we tell our kids that they were conceived via Donor Insemination will be the...