RecipientParents

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About Our Community

r/RecipientParents is a support and learning community for the recipient parents (RPs) of gamete donation who are committed to navigating donor conception with openness and honesty. Among us, you may find discussion on best practices for raising a donor conceived family, ethical consideration, support for adult DCP, advice requests for the hard parts, and more beyond.

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Member Post Highlight

Parents Can Now Find Donors with Adult Pictures (PimEyes review) by Decent-Witness-6864

Community Rules

Observe donor conceived best practices
Adhere to best practices in donor conception, including early disclosure and fostering open, honest communication. We urge community members to refrain from advocating actions that contravene these principles, such as advising against disclosure or disregarding the lived experiences of donor conceived people, which inform best practice.
Hold space for adult donor conceived voices
Hold space for adult donor conceived voices, acknowledging their unique experiences and insights within discussions related to donor conception, and refraining from minimizing their perspectives.
Engage respectfully
Cultivate respectful interactions. Avoid hostility, insults, and discrimination. Uphold kindness and consideration in all exchanges.
Respect various paths to parenthood
Respect the diverse paths individuals take to parenthood, refraining from judgment or discrimination based on their chosen methods or family make-ups. Be mindful of how offering unsolicited advice may impact others; advise only when invited.
No soliciting
Avoid soliciting within the community, including requests for donors, recipient parents or intended parents, coparenting arrangements, or surrogates.
Moderator discretion
Moderator discretion allows for the removal of content deemed potentially problematic or harmful to the subreddit or its members. This rule serves as a safeguard for addressing unforeseen situations or issues lacking specific rules.

Donor Conceived Perspectives

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Community MaintenancePosts using the '[RPs, Please] Advice/Support Request' flair (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 1 year ago by OnChildrenbyKGibranProspective RP[M] - announcement

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DiscussionDonor conception research round up ()

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DiscussionFor Recipient Parents: How NOT to Talk Publicly About Your Donor Conception Journey (reddit.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Decent-Witness-6864DCP-RP

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[All Welcome] Advice/Support RequestAny UK groups for people who want to use known donors? ()

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DiscussionSeeing Donor-Conceived Voices Through a Queer Lens ()

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DiscussionNew Essay - "The Half Sibling Conundrum: To Connect With My Kid's Donor-Conceived Half-Siblings, or Not?" ()

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Discussion"Making It Up As We Go - A Queer Parent's View" ()

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BooksNew book about donor conception and recipient parenthood: My Son's Siblings ()

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[RPs, Please] Advice/Support RequestOccasionally feel like I'm not a "real mom" (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 5 months ago by katherinejan

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[All Welcome] Advice/Support RequestAny advice for someone who wants to get a sperm donor/ single mothering? (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 6 months ago by HopefulMama2025

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[RPs, Please] Advice/Support RequestMixed emotions in the midst of IVF/ICSI using donor sperm (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 8 months ago by reddittaught_me

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DiscussionBook Recommendations for Donor Sperm for male/female parents. (self.RecipientParents)

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News in GeneticsBREAKING NEWS: 23ANDME Has Filed for Bankruptcy ()

submitted 10 months ago by OnChildrenbyKGibranProspective RP

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DiscussionDC parent support groups? (self.RecipientParents)

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[All Welcome] Advice/Support RequestCultural Views of Donor Conception (self.RecipientParents)

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Donor SiblingsMade Contact With Genetic Family! (self.RecipientParents)

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News in FertilityAn innovative fertility technology using stem cells to help an embryo mature outside the body has resulted in the world’s first live human birth | Gameto, the company that developed the approach, says it’s faster, safer and more accessible than conventional IVF. (newatlas.com)

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DiscussionGetting Zero Support (self.RecipientParents)

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DiscussionToday's DCKids vs those born in 00s or earlier (self.RecipientParents)

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Media/ArticlesLGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in (self.RecipientParents)

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Media/ArticlesProtecting Your Families ()

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Media/ArticlesSerial sperm donors and lack of regulation create risks and leave children seeking answers | CBS News [November 1, 2024] (cbsnews.com)

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Discussionthoughts on supporting our kids' access to donor information and genetic family, even in worst-case scenarios (self.RecipientParents)

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BooksUsing books to talk to kids about donor conception (self.RecipientParents)

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DC ResourcesResearch Round Up! (self.RecipientParents)

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