Conception 101

This step-by-step guide is here to help you inseminate at-home using the Mosie Baby Kit and frozen sperm from a Premier Sperm Bank donor. Why choose Premier Sperm Bank? It's the world’s only DNA-verified donor sperm, offering all new identity-disclosure donors, and a transparent, family-first approach designed to help you...

Lisa Schuman, LCSW, has spent more than two decades working with families who have opted for donor conception. Here are the things she's witnessed donor-conceived kids typically care most about.  Parents of donor-conceived children can have strong feelings about the way they built their families. Often, feelings of loss, joy,...

If you’re a lesbian couple thinking about getting pregnant or have already started trying to conceive (TTC), welcome! This guide is designed to help you and your partner explore your fertility options, including Intracervical Insemination (ICI), Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Reciprocal In Vitro Fertilization. You’ll also learn about the costs...

If you and a partner or ex-partner want to agree to collectively raise a child, there are several options. Though the only way to completely legally grant “parenthood” to a non-biological parent is through second-parent adoption, not all states permit this - especially in the case of same-sex or queer...

Today we hear from Staci and Shaye about their experiences building their family. This is the fourth story in our new series highlighting and celebrating family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered so...

Today we hear from Ris and Marie about their experiences building their family. This is the third story in our new series highlighting and celebrating family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered so...

  We live in a wonderful world where beautifully diverse families can be created. We know firsthand about that deep yearning to grow your family with the love of a baby. Here at Mosie Baby we honor and support family building, no matter the method used or the obstacles faced...

What is freezing sperm?  Freezing sperm, also called cryopreservation, is the process of freezing and storing sperm or human ejaculate. Sperm samples are collected, analyzed, frozen, and then stored at sperm bank.  Sperm is typically collected either at home or at a fertility clinic. If you’re thinking about freezing your...

Today we hear from Aysha and her family about their experiences building their family. This is the second story in our new series highlighting and celebrating family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered...

It’s such an exciting time in your life when you first decide you’re ready to start a family. Maybe you’re ready to solo-parent, or maybe you and your partner look at each other one day and say, “Yes, let’s do this!”. You might expect to see a positive pregnancy test...

Today we hear from our first family in our new series to highlight and celebrate family building with a known donor. We asked each family in the series the same four questions and left their voices and messages unfiltered so you can hear directly from them. We hope you find...

Many of us grew up watching animated fairy tales and rom coms where the male character would save the day and the happy ending was all about marrying Prince Charming. Today, the Disney animated princesses are the ones who save the day. Girls growing up now will know their dreams aren’t...