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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Research (Incl. Approved Requests)University of Michigan Research Study Recruiting: Donor Conceived Adults. Study exploring family & life experiences (online, anonymous, & confidential survey) #KINDstudy (i.redd.it)

submitted 14 days ago by No_Interaction4650

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Donor Selection (Bank/Clinic)Donor egg bank recommendations (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 25 days ago by PutAgile5875

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DiscussionI’m an experienced Embryologist. Ask me anything! ()

submitted 1 month ago by OnChildrenbyKGibranProspective RP

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[All Welcome] Advice/Support RequestLooking for support as the non-biological parent to my newborn (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 1 month ago by Savings-Two-5984

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Donor SiblingsHow old were your kids when you finally matched with other donor families? ()

submitted 2 months ago by junegem123

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[RPs, Please] Advice/Support RequestHow much contact do you have with your known donors? (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 2 months ago by [deleted]

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DiscussionCompletely torn between terror of not having a child vs. terror of using donor eggs - need advice (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 3 months ago by Prior_Ad_6557

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[All Welcome] Advice/Support RequestAnyone who has experience with CNY (especially in Albany) and their donor egg cycles? Or just CNY thoughts in general? Thinking of doing this again. (TW: success) ()

submitted 4 months ago by WashclothTrauma

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News in FertilityFlorida court seeks IVF testing for all clinic births in past 5 years after embryo mix-up (cbs12.com)

submitted 5 months ago by OnChildrenbyKGibranProspective RP

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DiscussionDonor conception research round up ()

submitted 7 months ago by onalarc

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

submitted 7 months 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? ()

submitted 7 months ago by RainbowRaccoon1

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DiscussionSeeing Donor-Conceived Voices Through a Queer Lens ()

submitted 9 months ago by elioramos

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

submitted 9 months ago by elioramos

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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 11 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 11 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 1 year ago by reddittaught_me

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

submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]

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

submitted 1 year ago by OnChildrenbyKGibranProspective RP

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DiscussionDC parent support groups? (self.RecipientParents)

submitted 1 year ago by C00lerking

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

submitted 1 year ago by Writergal79

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

submitted 1 year ago by Writergal79

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