One of our Trustees, Dr Yau Thum (https://seedtrust.org.uk/about-seed/trustee-biographies/) has kindly offered to give remote consultations to any SEED Trust enquirer free of charge in exchange for a donation to our charity.
We are extremely grateful to him as we are a struggling charity with no income! The usual charge for a consultation with Dr Thum is £250; we’d be very grateful for any contribution you felt able to give to SEED to enable us to continue our essential work.
If you would like to have a consultation with Dr Thum, please contact him direct on
yau.thum@seedtrust.org.uk/
quoting ‘SEED Trust’.
Here is the link to make a donation to SEED Trust: https://seedtrust.org.uk/donate/.
Thank you so much for your support – we really appreciate it.
We are pleased to work with the Donor Conception Network (https://www.dcnetwork.org/) in providing access to their range of books for donors to help them talk to their children about their donation.
Our work together also helps us generate income – we receive a donation from every Donor book sold this way.
If you would like to order a Donor book from the following list, please email sales@dcnetwork.org quoting ‘SEED Trust’.
The Donor Conception Network also has a full range of over 30 books for people considering donor conception, parents of donor conceived, donor conceived children and for those who have used surrogacy. Please go to https://www.dcnetwork.org/catalog to find out more.
For children of egg donors (unknown recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Mummy became a egg donor because she wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
For children of embryo donors (unknown recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Mummy and Daddy shared some of their embryos because they wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. The book also explains that the seed and egg join together to form a group of cells called an embryo and the embryo is what will grow into a baby. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
For children of sperm donors (unknown recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Daddy became a sperm donor because he wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
For children of sperm donors (known recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Daddy became a sperm donor because he wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes. It assumes you know the family who received the donation. We have another book for sperm donors who don’t know the people who were the recipients.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
For children of embryo donors (known recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Mummy and Daddy shared some of their embryos because they wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. The book also explains that the seed and egg join together to form a group of cells called an embryo and the embryo is what will grow into a baby. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes. It assumes you know the family who received the donation. We have another book for donors who don’t know the people who were the recipients.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.
For children of egg donors (known recipients)
This lovely, beautifully illustrated book is aimed at children from 5-10 yrs. It explains in simple words and pictures how Mummy became an egg donor because she wanted to do something important to help other people have children.
There is a simple explanation of how you need a sperm from a man and an egg from a woman to make a baby but there is no reference to sex. It talks about how there are different ways to make a family and they come in all shapes and sizes. It assumes you know the family who received the donation. We have another book for egg donors who don’t know the people who were the recipients.
The book is designed as a simple starting point for parents to begin sharing this information with their child. Parents can then build on that with more precise details as and when it feels appropriate.