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Parents weekend in Providence is my fav trip every year! This year was magical. 💚 so proud of you Jade✨🪻🐚🐦‍🔥.
10/11/2026

Parents weekend in Providence is my fav trip every year! This year was magical. 💚 so proud of you Jade✨🪻🐚🐦‍🔥.

Choosing a donor can feel overwhelming. Here's a little something to help you decide. 💜
09/28/2026

Choosing a donor can feel overwhelming. Here's a little something to help you decide. 💜

After speaking with hundreds of intended parents and donors with known donors, I can say there are many, many different ...
09/23/2026

After speaking with hundreds of intended parents and donors with known donors, I can say there are many, many different ways to do known donation. And many different ways that parents view their connection with the donor.

09/21/2026

Think bonding over blending when choosing a donor. I wrote about this in ThreeMakesBaby after being asked countless times, how to we choose a donor? What should we consider? Think long term. Bonding with your child is a lifetime endeavor. And if you can bond and blend, great, just do it for the right reasons.

09/19/2026

I realized a script might help. In my podcast interview yesterday with sidney davis, they asked this question and my answer was to stay curious, but I realize people might want an actual script on what that looks like. So, here is one example of how it could go. it's just a sneak peek of the many topics we cover in the podcast epi coming out soon!
If this has already happened with your child, how have these conversations gone with you?

09/15/2026

When you have little information about your donor, there's still so much you can do as a parent! Comment identity for resources and get $30 off for a limited time. I don't do these sales very often because frankly, I just don't have time to set it up. Take advantage while it lasts! It may be another year or two before I get to it again. 🙃

“I don’t want to make the donor too important.”It makes sense that parents might wonder whether talking about the donor ...
08/31/2026

“I don’t want to make the donor too important.”

It makes sense that parents might wonder whether talking about the donor more will somehow make the donor more significant to their child.

But openness doesn’t assign the donor a certain role in your child’s life. It lets your child know that this part of their story is safe to bring to you.

Your child may feel connected to their donor. They may not. They may be curious at one age and less interested at another. And that may change as they grow.

The goal isn’t to decide how important the donor should be.

It’s to make sure your child knows that whatever the donor comes to mean to them is okay to talk about with you.

You make room for the conversation.

They get to decide what the connection means. 💜

08/29/2026

Flashback to 2022. How has 4 years gone by? The issue of limiting donations from a single donor remains today.

Most parents want their child to know they can talk openly about being donor conceived. But sometimes, without realizing...
08/28/2026

Most parents want their child to know they can talk openly about being donor conceived. But sometimes, without realizing it, parents can send the message that certain questions or feelings are harder to hear.

Open conversation means making room for all of it: the curiosity, the questions, the big feelings, and even the things that may be hard to answer.

You don’t have to say everything perfectly.

What matters is that your child knows:
You can always talk to me about this. 💜

It’s okay if talking about the donor brings up feelings you didn’t expect.Gratitude, insecurity, curiosity, protectivene...
08/27/2026

It’s okay if talking about the donor brings up feelings you didn’t expect.

Gratitude, insecurity, curiosity, protectiveness, even grief can all exist alongside how deeply you love your child and your family.

But when the donor becomes something everyone quietly learns not to mention, children notice.

They may stop asking questions not because they stopped wondering, but because they’re trying to take care of you.

You don’t need to have all the answers. You don’t even need to feel completely comfortable.

You just want your child to know: You can talk to me about this. Your questions are always welcome here.

And sometimes, that starts with parents getting more comfortable with the conversation themselves.

If this is something you’re working through in your family, I have resources at ThreeMakesBaby.com to help.

And if you know someone who needs to hear this, send it their way. 💜

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