Hello, my name is Ian. I am the biological father of nine children. Two of my offspring live with me and seven I have never met.

Kimberley shares with us her experience as a donor-conceived person and how it has impacted on her life.

Listen to Kylie talk about her decision to donate her eggs to a couple.

Karen and her son Matt speak about surrogacy at VARTA's Time to Tell Seminar. Surrogacy was not permitted years ago in Australia so Karen and her husband needed to travel to the US. Through a surrogacy agency they found a surrogate who remains a friend. Matt has grown up knowing her and the reasons why she carried him for his parents. He says, 'I'm glad it was never a sercret... everyone has a right to know who they are and where they come from.

Riley and his donor, Roger, talk about what it was like to meet each other.

A panel of donors, recipient parents and donor-conceived people share their stories of donor linking at the VARTA's 'Donor conception: from anonymity to openness' event on 19 May 2016.

IVF treatment brings dreams and hopes for children. But, as we've discovered, these hopes are not always fulfilled and couples must confront a future without children .

Listen to this three part series on Dianne's journey to parenthood as a single mother using donated sperm, talking to her children about donor conception and meeting her sperm donor, Adrian. "My first child is five and a half now and my second child is 20 months. It wasn’t “so Mum who’s my Dad” type of question. It was “other kids have Dads where’s mine? So it was up to me to say that she did have a Dad and explain to her that he didn’t live with us".

Listen to Angie and Greg talk about how important it is to talk to children about how they became a family using donor sperm.

How the IVF journey began with Dinah and Ben. Dinah and Ben's IVF treatment lasted four years until Dinah finally gave birth to their daughter Tallulah in 2010. In listening to this podcast series please bear in mind that Dinah and Ben's experience is not universal, it is their story. This podcast series is not intended to replace or replicate medical advice.