Jo

Mother three donor conceived children. Lost daughter at 21 weeks two sons 7 and 5. Survived 4 weeks pre-eclampsia, ten years infertility.

[Jo @JC64887402]

Dipping toe into the twitter-sphere before my donor conceived kids do. They know their story (non anonymous) and I want to hear the good the bad and the ugly to prepare them.

[Jo @JC64887402]

@YouLookLikeMe_ is brilliant glad to hear the voices of donor conceived people. I am a donor parent and I’m fed up of our young people being told how to feel by parental pressure and relentless positivity we need to LISTEN

[Jo @JC64887402]

@IBelongICount @SpecialSurroga1 The DCN in the UK care I as a parent of donor conceived children anonymity needs to go

[Jo @JC64887402]

I’m in a I don’t give a shit my kids are not genetically related to me phase it’s cyclical some days I weep because of this some days it’s so important today I accept it and I don’t give a crap it’s so liberating

[World Childless Week @ChildlessWeek]

If you'd like more details or to make a submission, please take a look at; https://t.co/b0Izdoio2K #childless #infertility #support #SpeakUp #YouAreNotAlone #participation #unitedwewin #TrueStory #reallife #childlessnotbychoice #involuntarychildlessness #childlessbycircumstance

[Jo @JC64887402]

@_lourtney @Almondbabeee I’m so sorry 😢

[Dr Haili Hughes FRSA @HughesHaili]

When I was in my early 20s, I tried to take my own life. A random couple who had read my blog on the internet saved my life. I traveled up to Edinburgh to stay with them for a few weeks while I recovered. Now I try to be a force for good for others.

[Jo @JC64887402]

@HughesHaili @LucyandYak @drmartens Stop having the hang ups your handing them down to that gorgeous little bundle be you own it read it fat is a feminist issue listen to everything Susie has ever done and be at peace

[Jo @JC64887402]

@IvfQueen Mine did 4 years in Siberia before he was born

[Jo @JC64887402]

@DaveFurnas @genevievemitch People who get vaccinated do it to protect themselves and others. If over fifty percent population vaccinated everyone is safer. They worry although they are safe they might transmit the infection to someone else. Anti vaccers being selfish don’t get that.

[Jo @JC64887402]

@genevievemitch Yoghurt

[World Childless Week @ChildlessWeek]

So many of us (too many of us) have been upset when asked this comment. It’s time to change the narrative and explain why it is innapropriate and upsetting. #ADOPTION #childless #infertility #TrueStory #support #worldchildlessweek

[Jo @JC64887402]

@ChildlessWeek We did. We wanted to so so much. We went on 2 year waiting list. We submitted to a battery of psychological financial physical tests we passed with flying colours. Ireland signed The Hague convention and every country in the world shut. 10 years on no child

[Jo @JC64887402]

@Heartmother1 This is so true

[Jo @JC64887402]

Thinking of all those childless not by choice today

[Jo @JC64887402]

@YouLookLikeMe_ brilliant series thank you so glad people like you getting out there and explaining what it’s like to be donor conceived so my kids can grow up in a world that gets it 👏👏👏

[Donor Conception Network @D_C_Network]

The book explores themes of difference, friendship, connection and family. As well as a murder mystery involving a vampire (of course!). We love it!
Link below.

https://t.co/LnLPElX0jH

[Donor Conception Network @D_C_Network]

Thank you for sharing. We have a wide range of books available at https://t.co/34v0QQxyBG

[Jo @JC64887402]

Drives me crazy that my doctor knows who my child’s donor was, the nurses know, the HFEA knows but my children don’t. Open should mean open in the UK. 18 is too late they should grow up knowing who she is. #Donor #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

[Jo @JC64887402]

So frustrated that my children’s donor is known and is happy to be known we want to know her my children want to know her but the hfea can sit on that information till they are 18.

[Jo @JC64887402]

Just applied to hfea for my children to find out how many genetic siblings they have. 9-10 month wait just for that 🤯