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Claudia Lampic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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attitudes among paediatric healthcare professionals in sweden towards Sperm Donation to single women a survey study
Fertility Research and Practice, 2020Co-Authors: Gabriela Armuand, Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Evangelia Elenis, Gunilla SydsjoAbstract:Background: The number of families conceived through Sperm Donation to single women is increasing. However, there is limited knowledge about health care professionals' attitudes towards solo-mothers by choice, and there is some indication that professionals' personal opinions influence their care of individuals who use alternate ways to build a family. The primary aim of the study was to investigate attitudes towards, and experiences of, families following Sperm Donation to single women among healthcare professionals working in primary child healthcare. Methods: Between April and November 2016 a total of 712 physicians, registered nurses and psychologists working within primary healthcare in Sweden were invited to participate in a cross-sectional online survey study. The study-specific questionnaire contained the following four domains: Attitudes towards legalization and financing, Attitudes towards the family and the child's health, Clinical experience and Knowledge about Sperm Donation to single women. Results: The majority of the participants were positive or neutral towards Sperm Donation being allowed to single women in Sweden. However, one third believed that children risk worse mental health and social stigma. Half of healthcare professionals had own clinical experience of caring for solo-mothers by choice and their children, and of these one third perceived that these families had more need of support than other parents. One out of four indicated that they did not have sufficient knowledge to be able to provide adequate care to these families. Conclusions: The present results indicate that while there was a relatively large support for Sperm Donation being allowed to single women in Sweden among health care professionals, many expressed concerns about the child's health, as well as low confidence in their knowledge about the specific needs in this patient group. There is a need for educational interventions targeted to healthcare professionals in primary child healthcare in order to provide adequate care to solo-mothers by choice and their children.
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managing absence and presence of child parent resemblance a challenge for heterosexual couples following Sperm Donation
Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online, 2019Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Claudia LampicAbstract:Abstract This qualitative interview study sought to gather and better understand heterosexual parents' experiences of managing resemblance and non-resemblance between child and parent in an identity-release donor programme. The study is part of the prospective longitudinal Swedish Study on Gamete Donation (SSGD), including all fertility clinics performing gamete Donation in Sweden. A sample of participants in the SSGD, consisting of 30 heterosexual parents with children aged 7–8 years following identity-release Sperm Donation, participated in individual semi-structured interviews. This study concerns a secondary analysis of the interview data. The results show how donor-conceiving parents experience the presence and absence of child–parent resemblance, and how they navigate between the importance of genetic connectedness and of ‘doing parenthood’ through social interactions. The analysis resulted in three categories: ‘resemblance through nature or nurture’, ‘non-resemblance brings the donor to the front’ and ‘feelings about and coping with resemblance talk’. The first two categories deal with the intrapersonal aspects of physical and non-physical resemblance, while the last category includes aspects of resemblance in relation to persons outside the core family. The presence or absence of parent–child resemblance regarding both physical and non-physical characteristics appears to constitute a considerable challenge for heterosexual couples with school-aged children following Sperm Donation.
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it takes two to tango information sharing with offspring among heterosexual parents following identity release Sperm Donation
Human Reproduction, 2016Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoogsvanberg, L LinellAbstract:STUDY QUESTION How do heterosexual parents reason about and experience information-sharing with offspring following identity-release Sperm Donation?SUMMARY ANSWER Sharing information about using do ...
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relationships in couples treated with Sperm Donation a national prospective follow up study
Reproductive Health, 2014Co-Authors: Gunilla Sydsjo, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Marie Bladh, Claudia LampicAbstract:Background: Long-term follow-up on relationship quality in couples who use Sperm Donation is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse changes over time in satisfaction with relationship in heterosexual couples who were scheduled for treatment with Sperm Donation and IVF couples treated with their own gametes and to compare the two groups undergoing different treatment for infertility. Method: A prospective follow-up study in which data were collected twice on two groups; couples receiving Sperm Donation and IVF couples using their own gametes. The ENRICH instrument was used to gain information about the individuals’ subjective experience of their relationship at the time of acceptance for treatment and again 2–5 years later. Results: At the time of acceptance for treatment the men and women in the two groups assessed their relationships as being very solid on all dimensions and that there were no differences between the two groups. At the second assessment there was a decline in the satisfaction scores on the dimensions “Children and parenting” and “Egalitarian”, while an increase in scores was observed on “Conception of life” and “Conflict resolution” both for men and woman and also for the two groups. For the couples that had a successful treatment and gave birth to a child/children there was a decrease in satisfaction of the relation in the Sperm Donation group as well as in the group of couples having IVF with own gametes.
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Disclosure behaviour and intentions among 111 couples following treatment with oocytes or Sperm from identity-release donors: follow-up at offspring age 1–4 years
Human Reproduction, 2012Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, A. Skoog Svanberg, Claudia LampicAbstract:STUDY QUESTION:Do heterosexual parents of young children following oocyte Donation (OD) and Sperm Donation (SD) tell or intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived?SUMMARY ANS ...
Gunilla Sydsjo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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attitudes among paediatric healthcare professionals in sweden towards Sperm Donation to single women a survey study
Fertility Research and Practice, 2020Co-Authors: Gabriela Armuand, Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Evangelia Elenis, Gunilla SydsjoAbstract:Background: The number of families conceived through Sperm Donation to single women is increasing. However, there is limited knowledge about health care professionals' attitudes towards solo-mothers by choice, and there is some indication that professionals' personal opinions influence their care of individuals who use alternate ways to build a family. The primary aim of the study was to investigate attitudes towards, and experiences of, families following Sperm Donation to single women among healthcare professionals working in primary child healthcare. Methods: Between April and November 2016 a total of 712 physicians, registered nurses and psychologists working within primary healthcare in Sweden were invited to participate in a cross-sectional online survey study. The study-specific questionnaire contained the following four domains: Attitudes towards legalization and financing, Attitudes towards the family and the child's health, Clinical experience and Knowledge about Sperm Donation to single women. Results: The majority of the participants were positive or neutral towards Sperm Donation being allowed to single women in Sweden. However, one third believed that children risk worse mental health and social stigma. Half of healthcare professionals had own clinical experience of caring for solo-mothers by choice and their children, and of these one third perceived that these families had more need of support than other parents. One out of four indicated that they did not have sufficient knowledge to be able to provide adequate care to these families. Conclusions: The present results indicate that while there was a relatively large support for Sperm Donation being allowed to single women in Sweden among health care professionals, many expressed concerns about the child's health, as well as low confidence in their knowledge about the specific needs in this patient group. There is a need for educational interventions targeted to healthcare professionals in primary child healthcare in order to provide adequate care to solo-mothers by choice and their children.
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managing absence and presence of child parent resemblance a challenge for heterosexual couples following Sperm Donation
Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online, 2019Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Claudia LampicAbstract:Abstract This qualitative interview study sought to gather and better understand heterosexual parents' experiences of managing resemblance and non-resemblance between child and parent in an identity-release donor programme. The study is part of the prospective longitudinal Swedish Study on Gamete Donation (SSGD), including all fertility clinics performing gamete Donation in Sweden. A sample of participants in the SSGD, consisting of 30 heterosexual parents with children aged 7–8 years following identity-release Sperm Donation, participated in individual semi-structured interviews. This study concerns a secondary analysis of the interview data. The results show how donor-conceiving parents experience the presence and absence of child–parent resemblance, and how they navigate between the importance of genetic connectedness and of ‘doing parenthood’ through social interactions. The analysis resulted in three categories: ‘resemblance through nature or nurture’, ‘non-resemblance brings the donor to the front’ and ‘feelings about and coping with resemblance talk’. The first two categories deal with the intrapersonal aspects of physical and non-physical resemblance, while the last category includes aspects of resemblance in relation to persons outside the core family. The presence or absence of parent–child resemblance regarding both physical and non-physical characteristics appears to constitute a considerable challenge for heterosexual couples with school-aged children following Sperm Donation.
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it takes two to tango information sharing with offspring among heterosexual parents following identity release Sperm Donation
Human Reproduction, 2016Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoogsvanberg, L LinellAbstract:STUDY QUESTION How do heterosexual parents reason about and experience information-sharing with offspring following identity-release Sperm Donation?SUMMARY ANSWER Sharing information about using do ...
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relationships in couples treated with Sperm Donation a national prospective follow up study
Reproductive Health, 2014Co-Authors: Gunilla Sydsjo, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Marie Bladh, Claudia LampicAbstract:Background: Long-term follow-up on relationship quality in couples who use Sperm Donation is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse changes over time in satisfaction with relationship in heterosexual couples who were scheduled for treatment with Sperm Donation and IVF couples treated with their own gametes and to compare the two groups undergoing different treatment for infertility. Method: A prospective follow-up study in which data were collected twice on two groups; couples receiving Sperm Donation and IVF couples using their own gametes. The ENRICH instrument was used to gain information about the individuals’ subjective experience of their relationship at the time of acceptance for treatment and again 2–5 years later. Results: At the time of acceptance for treatment the men and women in the two groups assessed their relationships as being very solid on all dimensions and that there were no differences between the two groups. At the second assessment there was a decline in the satisfaction scores on the dimensions “Children and parenting” and “Egalitarian”, while an increase in scores was observed on “Conception of life” and “Conflict resolution” both for men and woman and also for the two groups. For the couples that had a successful treatment and gave birth to a child/children there was a decrease in satisfaction of the relation in the Sperm Donation group as well as in the group of couples having IVF with own gametes.
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Disclosure behaviour and intentions among 111 couples following treatment with oocytes or Sperm from identity-release donors: follow-up at offspring age 1–4 years
Human Reproduction, 2012Co-Authors: S Isaksson, Gunilla Sydsjo, A. Skoog Svanberg, Claudia LampicAbstract:STUDY QUESTION:Do heterosexual parents of young children following oocyte Donation (OD) and Sperm Donation (SD) tell or intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived?SUMMARY ANS ...
Igael Madgar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a child of hers older single mothers and their children conceived through ivf with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2008Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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A child of “hers”: older single mothers and their children conceived through IVF with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2007Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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older single mothers assisted by Sperm Donation and their children
Human Reproduction, 2007Co-Authors: R Weissenberg, Ruth Landau, Igael MadgarAbstract:BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the lives of single women who choose to become mothers by Sperm Donation is very limited. METHODS: This study comprises 62 families headed by formally single women who, following their decision to give birth to a child with the aid of Sperm Donation, by means of insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF), used the services of one Sperm bank in Israel. RESULTS: The findings of the study, based on the reports obtained from the mothers in face-to-face interviews by structured questionnaires with closed-ended scales and single item open questions, present a complex picture of formally single-mother families assisted by Sperm Donation. They shed light on socio-demographic and conception related information of the mothers in the sample, on mothers' and children's health, on the children's socio-emotional development and mother-child relationship and on the mothers' difficulties and needs encountered in their function as single parents. CONCLUSIONS: Although the currently young children's socio-emotional development seems to be within the normal range, the mean age of 43 years at first birth of the mothers, the fact that about one-fifth of them gave birth to twins, the health condition of some of the mothers and children, and the difficulties they encounter, may raise some concerns.
Ruth Landau - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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are two a family older single mothers assisted by Sperm Donation and their children revisited
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2012Co-Authors: R Weissenberg, Ruth LandauAbstract:This study follows 40 older single-mother families created with the aid of Sperm Donation using either insemination or in vitro fertilization. The study is based on qualitative data obtained from the mothers 3 years after a previous study with these families. The mean age of the mothers at this time was about 47 years and of the children 7 years. The findings provide insights into the mothers’ and children’s current sociodemographic characteristics, physical health, socioemotional development and the children’s reactions to the absence of a father at follow-up time. The majority of the children raised by these older single mothers have good health. The salient result is that at follow-up, 45% of these older single-mother families comprise a family unit with more than 1 child, clearly demonstrating these families’ desire for a larger family than a mother–child unit. The desire and attempts of the mothers in the sample to give birth to additional children using assisted conception demonstrate the divergence in the fertility patterns of Israeli society from other developed countries.
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a child of hers older single mothers and their children conceived through ivf with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2008Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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A child of “hers”: older single mothers and their children conceived through IVF with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2007Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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older single mothers assisted by Sperm Donation and their children
Human Reproduction, 2007Co-Authors: R Weissenberg, Ruth Landau, Igael MadgarAbstract:BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the lives of single women who choose to become mothers by Sperm Donation is very limited. METHODS: This study comprises 62 families headed by formally single women who, following their decision to give birth to a child with the aid of Sperm Donation, by means of insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF), used the services of one Sperm bank in Israel. RESULTS: The findings of the study, based on the reports obtained from the mothers in face-to-face interviews by structured questionnaires with closed-ended scales and single item open questions, present a complex picture of formally single-mother families assisted by Sperm Donation. They shed light on socio-demographic and conception related information of the mothers in the sample, on mothers' and children's health, on the children's socio-emotional development and mother-child relationship and on the mothers' difficulties and needs encountered in their function as single parents. CONCLUSIONS: Although the currently young children's socio-emotional development seems to be within the normal range, the mean age of 43 years at first birth of the mothers, the fact that about one-fifth of them gave birth to twins, the health condition of some of the mothers and children, and the difficulties they encounter, may raise some concerns.
R Weissenberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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are two a family older single mothers assisted by Sperm Donation and their children revisited
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2012Co-Authors: R Weissenberg, Ruth LandauAbstract:This study follows 40 older single-mother families created with the aid of Sperm Donation using either insemination or in vitro fertilization. The study is based on qualitative data obtained from the mothers 3 years after a previous study with these families. The mean age of the mothers at this time was about 47 years and of the children 7 years. The findings provide insights into the mothers’ and children’s current sociodemographic characteristics, physical health, socioemotional development and the children’s reactions to the absence of a father at follow-up time. The majority of the children raised by these older single mothers have good health. The salient result is that at follow-up, 45% of these older single-mother families comprise a family unit with more than 1 child, clearly demonstrating these families’ desire for a larger family than a mother–child unit. The desire and attempts of the mothers in the sample to give birth to additional children using assisted conception demonstrate the divergence in the fertility patterns of Israeli society from other developed countries.
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a child of hers older single mothers and their children conceived through ivf with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2008Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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A child of “hers”: older single mothers and their children conceived through IVF with both egg and Sperm Donation
Fertility and Sterility, 2007Co-Authors: Ruth Landau, R Weissenberg, Igael MadgarAbstract:Objective To study the decision to have a child alone, the experience of gamete Donation, the issue of disclosure of the donor link to the child, conception-related health and sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers, children's socioemotional development, and mother-child relationships. Design Qualitative study. Setting Prior clients of a Sperm bank. Participant(s) Eleven single women in their late forties who gave birth to children aided by IVF involving both egg and Sperm Donation, i.e., the children are not genetically related to the mothers. Result(s) Not only were there differences among the participants, but they also differed from the only previous study focusing on single women becoming mothers by choice and using advanced reproductive technologies. Conclusion(s) Similarly to previous studies, we generally found that the impact of assisted conception on parenting and child development gives no undue cause for concern while the children are still young. However, the young age of the children in our sample prevented us from answering many questions about the children's socioemotional development and about disclosure of donor conception to children born to older single women using double gamete Donation and IVF.
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older single mothers assisted by Sperm Donation and their children
Human Reproduction, 2007Co-Authors: R Weissenberg, Ruth Landau, Igael MadgarAbstract:BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the lives of single women who choose to become mothers by Sperm Donation is very limited. METHODS: This study comprises 62 families headed by formally single women who, following their decision to give birth to a child with the aid of Sperm Donation, by means of insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF), used the services of one Sperm bank in Israel. RESULTS: The findings of the study, based on the reports obtained from the mothers in face-to-face interviews by structured questionnaires with closed-ended scales and single item open questions, present a complex picture of formally single-mother families assisted by Sperm Donation. They shed light on socio-demographic and conception related information of the mothers in the sample, on mothers' and children's health, on the children's socio-emotional development and mother-child relationship and on the mothers' difficulties and needs encountered in their function as single parents. CONCLUSIONS: Although the currently young children's socio-emotional development seems to be within the normal range, the mean age of 43 years at first birth of the mothers, the fact that about one-fifth of them gave birth to twins, the health condition of some of the mothers and children, and the difficulties they encounter, may raise some concerns.
