Key points

Transitioning from infertility treatment to donor conception can strain a relationship.

Couples often cannot anticpate what the other will feel.

Nothing in life prepares you for infertility and using the genetics of someone you don't know to have a child.

Acceptance of a partner's perspective can help couples reconnect.

Building your family is a deeply personal and sometimes emotionally complex journey. Temperament, upbringing, past family building experiences and more, shape how we respond to the stressors of fertility treatment and using donor conception to have a child.

Undergoing fertility treatment is oftentimes called a “crisis” for good reason, and as with any crisis, we, nor our partners often react the way we expect. When these, sometimes surprising viewpoints, ar

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