Publications

Caring for Everyone: Inclusive language in perinatal care

July 02, 2025

Pregnancy and birth can be a vulnerable time - even more so if the care received is framed in ways that are misgendering, as many trans and non-binary parents experience

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A Film from Our Research: New Ways of Creating Families

June 08, 2025

In this blog post, Dr David Carless provides an update on how we are using the data generated in Phase 1 of the Online Sperm Donation Project to reach and educate new audiences through the medium of filmmaking.

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Understanding the Reasons Why Men and Women Do Not Donate Gametes

October 01, 2022

Article: Reproductive Sciences

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Being an egg or sperm donor

January 24, 2022

Being an egg or sperm donor: This leaflet talks about The impact of donation on donors and their families

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Connections with recipient parents

January 24, 2022

This leaflet explores an often-overlooked relationship: the connection between donors and their recipients, that is, the parent or parents of the child born from their donation.

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Balancing ‘being available’ and ‘knowing your place’?

January 24, 2022

How do donors balance their – sometimes conflicting – responsibilities to be open to any children born from their donation but without overstepping parental boundaries?

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Talking to your children about being an egg or sperm donor

January 24, 2022

Watch on YouTube about the research on talking to your children about being an egg or sperm donor

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Sperm and egg donors' feelings of connection with their recipients

January 24, 2022

Sperm and egg donors' feelings of connection with their recipients Focusing on the connection that donors feel to the parents of the child/ren born from their donation.

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The pros, cons, and consequences of known donation

January 24, 2022

The pros, cons, and consequences of known donation Petra Nordqvist presented our research and took part in the panel discussion for this event, organised by Progress Educational Trust.

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'Going Home' short stories about being an egg-share donor

January 24, 2022

'Going Home' short stories about being an egg-share donor Cover of Going Home short story booklet These fictional short stories are based on interviews with women who donated their eggs during their own fertility treatment.

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