Tierney Chrusciel is a 9th grader who lives in Western Massachusetts. They are on the swim team and love to write in their free time.

Listen as Tierney shares with Ellen and Jenn:

• Being a 14-year-old freshman and knowing more about conception than most of their peers.
• Always knowing they were donor-conceived.
• Knowing and regularly visiting their parents’ egg donor, mom’s second cousin. 
• Donor Marie feeling like an aunt, her kids like cousins. 
• Joking with other IVF kids at school that a petri dish was their first home.
• Their thoughts on embryo politics.
• Jenn and Ellen predict big things for Tierney’s future! 

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Listen to Tierney’s mom’s episode: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/blog/2020/2/26/episode-75-a-10-year-journey-to-grow-our-family-erin-chrusciel

Check out Tierney’s mom’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reg_xQL4Oc0

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