Podcasts by Three Makes Baby Podcast

Overcoming Secrets from 2023-04-11T11:06:38

April 27, 2023 is International Donor Conception Awareness Day.

Link to IDCAD2023: https://donorconceptionawarenessday.com/

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Anonymous Egg Donor Wants to Be Known from 2023-02-14T09:10:23

"Alot of times, donors are just viewed as genetic material." Melissa, an egg donor for two years, shares her experience with anonymous donation. Now that she has children she wonders what happen...

Recipient Parent and Her ”Unknown” Sperm Donor Meet from 2022-12-09T10:59:39

Ever wondered what it would be like to meet the donor you used to conceive? A recipient parent, Romi, and her previously unknown sperm donor, meet and share their experience with Jana Rupnow on ...

Dave Berry: Re-making Identity after Discovering Hard Truths about your Biological Origins from 2022-05-28T19:56:23

Dave Berry, featured on Good Morning America and the New York Times, bravely shares a difficult discovery about his biological origins. His biological father was his mom's fertility doctor, who use...

Ally’s Take on Neverending New Siblings from 2022-05-08T13:25:21

In this episode of @threemakesbaby, she shares how her relationship with a growing number of half-siblings has evolved over time, including some of the joys and challenges. Ally shares what it's li...

Lesbian and Donor Conceived, a New Perspective from 2022-04-26T10:39:07

Jana Rupnow talks to the woman behind @satricaldonorconception, a lesbian and donor conceived adult.  We discussed one of her posts that caused a stir in the LGBTQ community and talk about some ...

Stacy’s Success Story from 2022-04-13T15:05:02

I spoke with the founder of RISE Collaborative, @stacytaubman, about her late discovery of being donor conceived. She is in contact with her biological father, a prominent plastic surgeon, and writ...

Kiara Raised by Single Mom by Choice from 2022-03-29T11:44:08

Kiara shares her experienced being raised by a single mom and what it was like being told about her story from the beginning.  She found her donor as an adult and has a relationship with sibling...

Emma, New Zealand native, embodies ”Curiosity, Perseverance and Happiness” from 2022-03-20T10:25:37

Emma, New Zealand native, embodies her bio father's motto "Curiosity, Perseverance and Happiness" as she shares her story of being donor conceived and the reason for her advocacy work.

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Dan Experiences ”Unthought Known” from 2022-02-09T14:00:24

Dan provides a male perspective of being donor conceived and experiencing infertility, touching on toxic masculinity that perpetuates reproductive secrets. Dan shares how being different felt li...

Rebuilding Relationships Live Show from 2022-02-02T16:05:39

Peter, author of Uprooted, shares his personal story from 2022-01-25T11:54:49

Uprooted offers a personal view of the consequences of secrecy in the practice of donor conception. A prominent CEO, Peter Boni, uncovers a family secret that both validates and disrupts his lif...

Tiffany Loses Three Dads, Advocates after Being Cut-off by Biological Father from 2021-11-23T07:30:48

Tiffany shares her story of paternal loss, how it has shaped her life and how it fuels her advocacy work for donor conceived people.

Freya (Unicornthebook) is Donor Conceived & Raising a Donor Conceived Daughter, Two Moms from 2021-11-14T14:38:12

Freya shares her experience being raised in a two mom family, connecting with her biological father and parenting her donor conceived daughter, Birdie, with her wife.   

Freya (Unicornthebook) is Donor Conceived&Raising a Donor Conceived Daughter, Two Moms from 2021-11-14T14:38:12

Freya shares her experience being raised in a two mom family, connecting with her biological father and parenting her donor conceived daughter, Birdie, with her wife.   

Jana‘s Reaction to Donor 9623 from 2021-10-19T14:01:47

Jana's Reaction to Donor 9623

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Romi and Britt (Two Mom Family) Seek to Understand Their Child‘s Perspective from 2021-10-09T12:03:51

Romi and Britt, two moms through sperm donation, share their journey to better understanding their child's potential perspective. Britt shares how she has worked through her vulnerabilities as t...

Romi and Britt (Two Mom Family) Seek to Understand Their Child‘s Perspective from 2021-10-09T12:03:51

Romi and Britt, two moms through sperm donation, share their journey to better understanding their child's potential perspective. Britt shares how she has worked through her vulnerabilities as t...

Olivia Montuschi Shares a Lifetime of Experience as a Parent through Donor Conception from 2021-06-27T07:19:06

Olivia Montuschi, co-founder of the Donor Conception Network in England, has over 35 years of experience as a parent to donor-conceived children and is the author of several resources for parent...

Educating Children about the Different Ways Families are Made from 2021-06-21T10:06:51

Guest, Rachel Ginnochio, a sexuality and family building educator, writer and consultant shares her work to develop education curriculum to be inclusive of the many ways that families are made. ...

Inconceivedable, Part 2 from 2021-05-02T14:40:32

Bee of @inconceivedable tells the rest of her story. In 2020, Bee opened her 23and me account again to discovery 12 half-siblings. In this episode, Bee shares her raw emotions as she unravels a ...

Inconceivedable, Part 1 from 2021-04-30T18:58:53

"Science is how I get pregnant." "Bee" of @Inconceivedable, recounts how her experiences with infertility lead  her to  an unexpected discovery about her family. A curious call makes her wonder ...

Announcing International Donation Conception Awareness Day- April 27 from 2021-04-21T15:33:29

April 27, 2021 is the first International Donor Conception Awareness Day. Twenty-five partners around the world collaborated to bring you this day and the intentions behind it. Go to Listen

Hannah's Resilency After Learning She Was Donor Conceived in a Hurtful Way from 2020-12-17T11:02:07

Hannah's resiliency after learning she was donor conceived in a hurtful way

Her parents waited too long to tell her the truth. Hannah’s parents intended to tell her about her donor concep...

Eric Shares His Experience Raising His Donor Conceived Children into Teen Years from 2020-12-07T10:39:55

Eric is a father to two teenagers who were donor conceived and started a blog 15 years ago called "Life as Dad to Donor Insemination (DI) Kids."  His experience is invaluable to younger parents ...

BONDING WITH BABY VISUALIZATION from Three Makes Baby Audiobook from 2020-12-02T08:11

Enhance your bonding and attachment to your baby by using this visualization before or during pregnancy.

Three Makes Baby Audiobook, Exercise #12<...

Kyle, Raised by a Single Mom Always Knew about his Donor Conception from 2020-11-05T17:47:07

Raised by a single mom, Kyle shares his experiences about knowing that he was sperm donor conceived at an early age. We do a deep dive into several important topics, like, telling your child abo...

Renee&Tom- How Infertilty Impacts Their Relationship from 2020-10-12T10:39:55

Renee and Tom manage grief as a couple on their long road of fertility treatments.

Parents of DC Children Talk about the Hard Stuft- Part 2 from 2020-09-25T12:59:54

Jana Rupnow collaborated with FIVE parents of donor conceived children from FOUR countries (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸) to bring you a thoughtful dialogue about difficult topics surrounding d...

Talking All About Sperm&Testing with Manager of Yo Sperm from 2020-09-22T08:36:43

Male factor infertility contributes to approx 30-40% of all fertility related problems. Unfortunately, azoospermia (zero sperm) is a condition that is becoming more common. . So guys, I advise y...

Parents of Donor Conceived Kids Talk about the Hard Stuff- Part 1 from 2020-09-14T11:35:13

Jana Rupnow collaborated with FIVE parents of donor conceived children from FOUR countries (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸) to bring you a thoughtful dialogue about difficult topics surrounding ...

Vince Speaks Openly About Male Infertility&Lead a Support Group for Other Men from 2020-09-10T12:22:19

Fifteen years ago, Vince received news from a doctor  that he had “complete azoospermia” and he describes how confusing and shocking that moment was. 

He openly speaks about infertility t...

Brittany's Discovers Her Donor Keeps Donating Beyond Recommended Limit from 2020-09-07T12:38

Brittany used an egg donor to conceive and bravely shared her feelings about letting go of the biological child she couldn’t have.  She’s back to share an update and some frustrating information...

Emma, a Donor Conceived Adult&Triplet of a Single, Gay Mom Shares Thoughts about Her "Biological Father" from 2020-08-19T07:37:27

Emma, a Donor Conceived Adult & Triplet of a Single, Gay Mom Shares Thoughts about Her "Biological Father"

Emma is donor conceived and knew about her conception "before she understood." H...

Gail, a Mom Via Sperm Donation, Advocates for Change in the Field from 2020-08-07T08:39:29

Gail, a mom through sperm donation, advocates for regulation and legislation in donor conception. Gail lives in Australia and was appalled to find out her daughter has over 100 half-siblings. Sh...

Sheri, Author of You Were Meant for Me, Shares Her Story of Embryo Adoption from 2020-07-28T14:18:10

I speak with Sheri, the author of @youweremeantformebook.  She shares her story of embryo adoption and what inspired her to write a children’s book for her son. The children’s book about embryo...

Kimberly Explains Embryo Adoption Model with the Snowflakes Program from 2020-07-21T12:20:29

What is the difference between embryo adoption and embryo donation? Kimberly Tyson, Executive Director of the first embyro adoption program in the world, explains the agency’s model for embryo a...

Kerry Pursues Embryo Adoption&Open Relationship from 2020-07-16T12:29:59

Kerri and Chris independently pursue embryo adoption after failed fertility treatments with their biological embryos. Kerry explains the process of independent or self-directed adoption, which i...

Alex Accidentialy Discovered Her Donor Conception and has Advice for Parents from 2020-07-09T11:51:53

I am honored to share another episode with a thoughtful person, Alex. She shares how she discovered her parent's secret of using a sperm donor and how it has impacted her for the last two years....

Jen Wonders if Adoption is Right after a Traumatic Pregnancy from 2020-07-06T10:25:09

Jen wonders if adoption is right for her after a high risk, traumatic pregnancy with triplets. 🚨 Trigger alert: 🚨This episode explores miscarriage, trauma and grief and some extremely difficu...

Nikki Has Extra Challenges with Egg Donation as Person of Color from 2020-06-30T19:08:50

Infertility affects people of all races but women of color have extra challenges in the US. 

Nikki shares the added challenges she has experienced with infertility as a person of color. F...

Esther, Happily Raised by Two Moms, Has Strong Desire to Find Her Biological Father from 2020-06-23T14:24:13

Esther was raised by two moms and always knew they used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive. She grew up with other families like hers and always felt that being donor-conceived was normal. Fro...

Ryan Shares Why She Chose to be a Known Egg Donor from 2020-06-16T15:04:19

Ryan chose to be a known egg donor through a freeze and share program in SF. She shares why it's important for her to be known to the recipient parents as well as her desire that at least one of...

Tia&Her Husband Moved on from Trying to Be Parents&Are Living Boldy as a Family of Two from 2020-06-09T16:56:16

Tia shares that, "After five incredibly taxing years, searching for the right combination of medication, lifestyle and luck, we are walking away from the path to become parents. It was always in...

Anna Donated Her Eggs Anonymously&Later Experienced Secondary Infertility from 2020-05-20T09:28:02

Do you think a person should be a mother first, before they donate their eggs? I interview an egg donor, Anna, who experienced secondary infertility after she donated. She shares how different the ...

Ally of Half of Me Podcast Updates Us On Her Life from 2020-05-13T15:03:59

Back by popular demand, Ally, a donor conceived adult and host of @halfofmepodcast, returns to update us on her life and how the pandemic has affected her career. This is an opportunity to get a...

Amelia's Fertility Treatment Delayed Due to Pandemic from 2020-05-06T17:05:26

So many of you will relate to this podcast episode with @infertilebruises about delayed fertility treatment.  Be sure to listen to the full episode for strength and inspiration.💪 In March, fer...

Nick Uses Humor and a Podcast to Cope with His Azoospermia from 2020-04-28T15:00:09

Nick Denton, a voice actor and host of The Male Infertility Podcast speaks frankly about his medical condition that caused his infertility, azoospermia, commonly known as zero sperm. His humorou...

Amy's Husband's Azoospermia Diagnosis Caused Him to Feel Shame&Self-blame. from 2020-04-23T10:29:16

Amy's husband was diagnosed with azoospermia and wasn't open to donation at first. After failed surgeries, they were able to move forward with sperm donation. Amy talks about his feelings, the d...

Elena becomes close friends with her donor, Amy, like extended family. from 2020-04-20T16:15:58

Elena's story of known donation is special and rare. While secrecy in the field of donor conception is slowly emerging from the shadows of secrecy and unknown donation (formerly anonymous donati...

Sarah's Known Donor is a Friend&Pregnancy During a Pandemic from 2020-04-15T12:49:23

Sarah shares her story of using a known donor. An extraordinary friendship leads to her pregnancy during a historic time. Sarah speaks about her long journey of infertility, the difficulty of pu...

An EXLUSIVE with Julie, the Author of the Happy Together Children's Book Series from 2020-04-08T11:03:49

Julie experience premature ovarian failure and was concerned about her fertility. Her fears came true when she realized she couldn't have a biological child. She turned her pain into a gift for ...

Sarah Responds to Comments About Being the "Real Mom" from 2020-03-31T09:01:26

Sarah, a mom through egg donation, shares, "Infertility grief doesn't actually end with having a beautiful child. Now the work on what this means in relation to living in our world begins."

Dr. Julian Escobar Asks Me How His Patients Can Cope with Uncertainty from 2020-03-23T15:03:17

Jana, & Dr. Escobar, (fertility therapist and fertility doctor) met on zoom to talk about how the coronavirus is changing fertility treatments.

I sat down with Dr-Julian Escobar to talk a...

Amira Shares Mindfulness Tips from 2020-03-18T13:57:01

Welcome back to Season 2! So much has changed since the end of season 1. This episode, recorded in December was prophetic in a way. Amira Posner @thefertilemind shares ways to tap into mindfulne...

Allie P- Two Moms, "The Dude"&80 Half-Siblings from 2020-02-25T16:55:41

In this episode, Jana Rupnow, LPC speaks with Allie P, sperm-donor conceived and raised by lesbian moms. Allie always knew she was donor conceived and called the anonymous donor, “the dude”, bef...

Alex-Concerns about Fatherhood After Sperm Donation from 2020-02-19T12:04:53

I was so excited to talk to Alex @pursuingfatherhood to hear a guy’s perspective and concerns about fatherhood. Even more exciting is ...

Beth&Her Wife Use a Sperm Donor&Discover She was also Donor Conceived. from 2020-02-16T12:32:58

Episode 19 of Three Makes Baby Podcast is 54 minutes that you won’t want to miss! Beth articulates her experience with donor conception in a way you likely haven’t heard yet. .Beth and her wife ...

Cam Was Born with Chromosomal Disorder that Causes Infertilty from 2020-02-06T18:14:46

Cam bravely shares about a chromosomal disorder she was born with that causes female infertility, called Turner Syndrome.  This podcast episode is special for two reasons, Cam is the youngest gu...

Eloise- Klinefelter's Syndrome Lead to Sperm Donation from 2020-02-03T14:00:20

Eloise shares her story of how a chromosomal disorder, called Klinefelter's Syndrome, caused male-factor infertility for her husband. After an unsuccessful surgery to extract sperm from her husb...

Keeley Explains How Using an Egg Donor Affected Her Husband from 2020-01-27T07:53:46

Keeley found her love in her mid-thirties but after multiple fertility treatments and no official diagnosis, she concluded that her egg quality was low. Her story speaks to so many women that ha...

Jeremy, Raised by a Single Mom, Found his Donor and Half-Siblings from 2020-01-20T12:02:11

Jeremy, who was sperm donor conceived and raised by a single mom shares the experience of meeting his donor and half-siblings. He talks about what the word “dad” means to him and how he relates ...

Becky's Emotional Talk about Egg Donation with Her Daughter from 2020-01-14T10:28:17

Becky, a mom through egg donation, speaks about the emotions surrounding parenthood including grief, shame and fear. She aims to help lift the stigma and silence around donor conception through sha...

Ellie Used a Donor After Secondary Infertilty&Needs to Tell her Biological Child from 2020-01-03T10:35:29

Ellie's episode is packed with information about secondary infertility, miscarriage, hyperemesis, and how to talk to your fully-genetic older child about donor conception. Ellie also bravely sha...

Holiday Edition: 5 Ways to Deal with Questions from Family from 2019-12-19T11:13:38

Conversation at holiday family gatherings can trigger unexpected emotions, especially if you’ve been trying to conceive. Aunt Alice asks you when you’re going to have a baby or your pregnant cousin...

Ally, Host of Half of Me Podcast; Reflections&Growth Over the Past Year from 2019-12-17T12:43:56

Ally discovered she was donor conceived in January 2019. Since then, she has discovered over a dozen half-siblings and is still coming to terms with her new reality. Ally discusses the complexit...

Fran Regrets Keeping Her Daughter's Donor Conception a Secret from 2019-12-10T10:39:41

Thirty years ago, Fran's fertility doctor told to keep her donor conception a secret. She headed that advice against her intuition but when her daughter found out the truth as an adult, she regrett...

Cassandra Discoverd She was Donor Conceived from DNA Test from 2019-12-03T14:12:14

Cassandra found out her father wasn't her biological dad from a DNA test in 2017. A mother herself, Cassandra had to re-work her sense of identity and navigate the complicated family dynamics th...

Liz Would Like to Know More about Her Egg Donors from 2019-11-26T11:00:18

Liz would like to know more about the women that helped her become pregnant with her children. After she lost her baby girl at 21 weeks gestation due to a heart defect, it was hard to move on to...

Colleen's Conception Concealed; Crooked Finger Connection from 2019-11-17T20:06:27

Colleen experienced infertility and her doctor recommended that she use an egg donor to conceive, but donor conception had turned her life upside down. Her own donor conception was concealed unt...

Angela Uses Art to Heal after Miscarriage from 2019-11-14T15:39:53

What happens when 100 people collaborate to express their experiences around miscarriage? Listen to this epi to find out.

Infertility grief isn't widely recognized or understood by the pu...

Brittany Let Go of the Biological Child She Couldn't Have from 2019-11-11T19:35:59

Therapy helped Brit accept that her and her husband's baby would not share DNA with her. She shares how she had to let go of the fantasy children that she wouldn’t have, so she could accept the ...

A Message for Parents from 2019-11-11T14:45:36

Jana Rupnow explains the passion behind Three Makes Baby and why she loves working with   with families who don't share the same genes. 

Nikita's 30 Day Challenge to Find Her Donor from 2019-11-07T09:21:44

Nikita was raised by a single mom who chose sperm donation to have her. The donation was out of the ordinary: a 50-year-old anonymous man donated sperm in the UK before 1997. Listen to see if yo...

What to Expect from Three Makes Baby Podcast from 2019-11-06T15:44:48

A brief introduction to the types of interviews you will hear on Three Makes Baby Podcast including stories about infertility, donor conception, adoption and the role of genetics in family life....