Donor Conception
Implications Counseling
Donor Assessments
Donor Congierce
Choosing an egg donor can feel overwhelming, emotional, and deeply personal. Many intended parents find themselves scrolling through countless profiles while trying to balance grief, hope, fear, excitement, and uncertainty — all at the same time.
Donor Concierge was created to provide emotional support and guidance throughout the donor selection process.
This service is designed for individuals and couples pursuing donor conception who want a supportive, thoughtful, and grounded approach to navigating donor options.
WHAT IS DONOR CONCIERGE ?
Donor Concierge is a supportive consultation service that helps intended parents move through the emotional and practical aspects of selecting an egg donor.
Together, we explore:
• Open ID vs. closed ID considerations
• Emotional reactions that arise during donor selection
• Decision fatigue and overwhelm
• Concerns around genetics, resemblance, and identity
• Partner differences and shared decision-making
• Future disclosure conversations with children
• Values, priorities, and what truly matters to you
Many people begin this process thinking they must find the “perfect donor.” Often, what they actually need is support in understanding themselves, their hopes, and their fears.
WHAT A SESSION MAY INCLUDE ?
• Reviewing donor profiles together
• Helping narrow down overwhelming options
• Clarifying what qualities feel meaningful to you
• Discussing emotional blocks or anxieties
• Psychoeducation around donor conception
• Exploring long-term family considerations
• Support before, during, or after making a selection
This is not a donor agency or genetic matching service. Rather, it is a therapeutic and supportive space to help you feel more confident, informed, and emotionally grounded during the process.
Donor Concierge may be helpful for:
• Individuals pursuing solo parenthood
• Couples using donor eggs
• LGBTQ+ families building through donor conception
• Intended parents feeling stuck or overwhelmed by donor databases
• Those struggling with grief, uncertainty, or fear around donor conception
• People wanting guidance around openness and future conversations with their child
You are no longer alone.
Support, clarity, and guidance are available as you navigate the donor conception journey.
Are you thinking about freezing your eggs?
Freezing your eggs, otherwise known as fertility preservation, has become a new option for women today. Fertility preservation is the process of freezing a woman’s eggs as well as her embryos. Many women choose to preserve their fertility for various reasons. Women who go through cancer treatment may be given the option to freeze their eggs prior to receiving a treatment that could harm the eggs. Still other women freeze their eggs for social reasons.
If you are considering the process of freezing your eggs, your doctor may request you participate in a counselling session so that you can get more informed about the implications of fertility preservation.
Are you single and exploring the use of donor sperm?
In my practice, I see many single women who pursue building a family through donor sperm. There is a theme among these women that demonstrates such a strong desire to become a mother that this desire supersedes the desire for a partner. This is partly due to the length of time a woman is able to reproduce and all the psychosocial issues that go with that.
Nonetheless, if you are single and considering using donor sperm, you have come to the right place. Depending on where you are at in your journey, you may have already started looking for a donor. This can be an interesting task that may evoke many different feelings. Your doctor will request that you participate in implication counselling to understand the ins and outs of using donor sperm.
Counselling for IVF
Are you considering doing IVF? Did your clinic tell you to see a counselor? The reason for a referral to a counselor is because the clinic wants to ensure that you are fully informed. It’s one thing to watch the IVF video and it’s another thing to be told exactly what to expect when you are going through it.
As a social worker and former IVF patient, I combine my personal experience and clinical knowledge base to help you understand the whole IVF process. I ensure that you feel 100% comfortable in the treatment. I have been done this road and know the feelings, the pain, the fear and anxiety associated with the pre-IVF period, the treatment and the post IVF time.
Is the egg donation option for you?
Have you been diagnosed with premature ovarian failure? Are you considering the egg donation option?
Egg donation is a form of third party reproduction that enables women to achieve pregnancy. Eggs must be donated by a known or anonymous altruistic donor. Altruistic donor means that the donor cannot receive any form of compensation for donating their eggs. If you are considering using donor eggs, you should meet with a fertility counselor to discuss all the associated implication.
