Connecting with 1/2 Siblings?

shana

Fairfax Cryobank

allie0730

Hi Shana, I did the same thing you are contemplating. I never found the right guy and did IVF with donor sperm. I posted on this forum that I was looking for any mothers to my donor. I did not get any responses and soon forgot about the site. Recently, I went back on and found a mother that had twins had used the same donor. Her last posting was last November, so I was worried that she might have given up on me responding. Luckly, she responded right away and we have been emailing and sending pictures of our children to each other. I hope one day we will all be able to meet. Like you, I want my child to know his half siblings. I wish you the best of luck. Allison

shana

Katrin

I am also a SMBC with 2 children from the same donor (2816) and have found everyone very helpful. I like the fact that I can create a community of people who share my struggles but also for my children so that hopefully they can meet other families like ours, where a donor is a fact of life. I would love for them to have friendships with children from their donor as well as just DC children.

brandy

There are also donor sibling registries that are completely independent of any one bank -- so go with the donor you want; the rest will follow.

azlester

Pathetically I am having a hard time navigating this site/forum. I am also a SMBC and came on here today in search of others who have used my same donor. Sadly, I don't know how to do that! Can anyone help me find a way to contact others who have used donor #4009? Thanks!

jauck11

mjv

Do you know the link to any of those sites? I know I was not the first pregnancy w my donor, but the others don't seem to be interested in linking up here. I would like my son to have those connections as well..

docanw

Barbra

Mommy&Mama

I have tried to connect with other parents of children through the donor that I used (2858), but no one has responded. Does it go well for everyone who has connected?

mjv

I started a donor thread for 4512 and I haven't heard from anyone yet either. Maye they're too busy being new parents? I hope for my son's sake to one day connect with his half siblings.

Julius

It's great to see that some people have connected with half siblings. I feel really luck to have made contact with 2 other parents. It took longer than I thought it would, especially since we all chose an ID option donor. I think that once you have the child you do get busy, and I have to admit to a little bit of fear factored in. For awhile I just wanted to be "normal" and not think about the donor aspect. After a few months, I started thinking about half siblings and how I owed it to my daughter to get information while it was still available. I was surprised at how much I have enjoyed seeing photos of one of her half sibs.

kris&shan

I love this site. Our donor has reached his 25 family limit, and I think our baby was the first reported pregnancy, unless one was reported at the same time as ours, so it was months before we heard anything from a donor sibling family. Now we are in contact with 3 other families and have seen pictures of one of our son's half brother, which is awesome. My partner and I are really hoping to keep in contact with the other families through this site and would love to meet everyone in person one day. We want our son to know as much as he wants about his half siblings. We are all private messaging each other more than posting on the closed forum, but it's through the closed forum that we have found each other. It's just a hassle with the wait time in the closed forum since a moderator has to approve every post.

moni0811

Hopefully you can connect with someone! Also, I am a SMBC, but I will be began TTC next year. Good luck!

ctinay

Hi. 4512 is at the top of my list. Did you ever see an adult pic of him though?

moni0811

Katrin

I am so happy that I am in touch with several of the mothers and that our kids get together. I want them to have that connection to the other half of their gene pool. I would also love to get together with other families of different donors. I want my kids to grow up knowing other kids like them both biologically related and just other DC children. If there are any families in the Northeast that want to do a reunion of sorts, I would be happy to try and organize.

mjv

Hi DucklingMama are you still planning a get together? I was also thinking this would be a good type of exposure & I am in the northeast.

s_chica619

Katrin

Hi MJV ... I am always open to meeting other DC families. I haven't had any other interest but we could try a get together.

spartanfan

I have posted to a private forum for my donor (2782) as a reply to another post, but haven't heard back. I know there are plenty of 1/2 sibs out there because I got a message that my donor was close to the 25 family limit and his vials are no longer available. I am a SMBC and come from a small family (I have one brother who has one daughter and we have no first cousins) so I think it would be great for my child to eventually be able to connect with some of his 1/2 siblings. So, I will keep hoping for replies. Also, my son has a minor, correctible birth defect and I'd love to know if any of his 1/2 siblings experienced the same thing.

Barbra

Spartanfan, I wish you so much luck in connecting with your baby's 1/2 siblings and their mamas. I have connected with 4 other moms of my daughter"s siblings, and I can't express how wonderful it is. We see each other as much as we can, which is not too hard being that we live pretty close to each other.

spartanfan

Soon2BASingleMom

I would love to meet up with my daughter's half siblings and their mothers. Donor 4620 is also maxed out, so there should be plenty of babies. I'm in east Texas so that may be a problem with meet ups.

spartanfan

I know this is an old post but in case you check it, I wanted to let you know that I love these forums. Through the forums, I have been able to connect with another dibling family very similar to mine and we have since been able to share our stories and children's pictures privately. We email updates about our kids and it's nice to know there are other families out there like ours. I hope that one day my child will be able to meet some of his donor siblings and this forum is probably the way we will be able to connect with them. I know there are other donor sibling registries but I haven't found them useful yet. Good luck!

trebuchet37

I am a member of the private forum for my donor and have already connected with the mothers of two diblings!

cathmarie

Hi! We have a child by this donor (2782) as well! I have posted and requested to be added to the private forum but thought I'd say hi here too. :-)

CCNJ1

Hi I am a SMBC who used Fairfax Donor 1444. My boy/girl twins are turning 14 in May. I have found two other boys and girls who I am not really connected with on another website. I am looking for other half siblings to compare similarities and differences.

madacin05

Hi! I have a daughter with this donor and would love to connect with you.