Episode 37 - Living Off Centre with Laura Bridgens

In this episode I chat with Laura Bridgens about the experience of discovering her late father was not her biological father.   She had been conceived by an anonymous sperm donor and this only came to light after she received a commercial DNA testing kit one Christmas.  We talk about the huge impact this unexpected discovery had on her sense of belonging, her place in the world and her identity.   Laura was fortunate to have had a positive outcome in her quest to find her biological father, but many others are met with rejection and denial.   Laura now chairs the Donor Conceived Register and is in the process of setting up a charity to help support other Donor Conceived people as there is very little formal support available currently. 

To find out more and get support within the UK go to: https://www.donorconceivedregister.co.uk/

Music by Jamie Farrell https://www.jfarrellmusic.com/

More about me at https://www.findingease.co.uk/