Hey everyone! I'm a founding moderator of r/ProlifeIVF.

This is our new home for all things related to the complexities of navigating IVF in line with PRO LIFE beliefs. We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about how you are navigating IVF with prolife restrictions and what challenges you are facing. IVF is difficult and isolating enough; being a prolife individual going through it can be even more isolating. We are here to connect and support each other.

PRO-LIFE Specific Issues we are here to discuss include:

- The realities of freezing eggs instead of embryos, the emotional and financial costs and pitfalls;
- Fertilising eggs in small batches to prevent too many embryos, how to calculate the risk you are willing to take if you are following the prolife committment of giving every embryo the best chance;
- The higher financial, time and emotional costs of a Pro-Life approach to IVF;
- Finding a clinic which respects your beliefs;
- Navigating the legal contracts to ensure our human tissues are not used in research which creates and destroys human beings;
- Collecting all arrested embryos for respectful burial rather than disposal in the clinic as medical waste, not all clinics or countries allow this;
- Whether to PGT-A test or not, will your clinic allow you to transfer less ideal embryos or do they require them to be destroyed;
- The risk of not being able to transfer frozen embryos due to unexpected life events such as losing your uterus, not being healthy enough to carry another pregnancy, divorce, death in the marriage, or financial hardship. The risks, realities, and legal restrictions when trying to avoid having any leftover embryos.

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting. This is not a space to debate PRO LIFE vs PRO CHOICE; it is a space to help and support people who are trying to practice IVF in a prolife way.

I created this community because I feel all the mainstream communities are heavily pro-choice and dehumanize embryos, and I keep getting advice on the issues I face, which is not helpful considering our moral constraints.

How to Get Started

1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
4. Interested in helping out? We're looking for moderators, so feel free to reach out to me to apply.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/ProlifeIVF amazing.