Dr Lucy Blake's Outputs (4)

Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7 (2011)
Journal Article

Each year, an increasing number of children are born through surrogacy and thus lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their mother. This study examined the impact of surrogacy on mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustmen... Read More about Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7.

A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation (2011)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND
For the past 10 years, we have been carrying out a longitudinal investigation of egg donation families in the UK; a subsample of recipients in these families had a child by egg donation from a sister or sister-in-law. In response to the c... Read More about A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation.

Children conceived by gamete donation: Psychological adjustment and mother-child relationships at age 7 (2011)
Journal Article

An increasing number of babies are being born using donated sperm, where the child lacks a genetic link to the father, or donated eggs, where the child lacks a genetic link to the mother. This study examined the impact of telling children about their... Read More about Children conceived by gamete donation: Psychological adjustment and mother-child relationships at age 7.

Secrecy, disclosure and everything in-between: Decisions of parents of children conceived by donor insemination, egg donation and surrogacy (2011)
Journal Article

Abstract This study examined families where children lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their parents. A total of 101 families (36 donor insemination families, 32 egg donation families and 33 surrogacy families) were interviewed when the chi... Read More about Secrecy, disclosure and everything in-between: Decisions of parents of children conceived by donor insemination, egg donation and surrogacy.