Co-Parenting

The new way to being a mummy or daddy — raising children together, apart.

The modern definition of co-parenting is a process where two people work together to raise a child without a physical or sexual relationship in the conventional or evolutionary sense. Or where divorced parents work to bring up their kids even though they are divorced or separated and no longer live together.

What Does What Mean: A Quick A–Z of Conception Abbreviations

AFAunt Flo (flow of blood) — Period

AIArtificial Insemination

BBTBasal Body Temperature (used to test ovulation has occurred)

BDBaby Dust (actually means Sperm!)

BFNBig Fat Negative

BFPBig Fat Positive

BTBlood Test

CFCervical Fluid

CMCervical Mucus

CPCervical Position

DPODays Past Ovulation

DTDDo the Deed/Dance (sex or AI around ovulation)

FMUFirst Morning Urine

HCGHuman Chorionic Gonadotropin (hormone picked up in pregnancy)

HPT(Home) Pregnancy Test

LHLuteinising Hormone (triggers ovulation)

NINatural Insemination

OPKOvulation Predictor Kit (tests for LH)

PIPartial Insemination

POASPee on a Stick

SDSperm Donor

TTCTrying to Conceive

TWWTwo Week Wait (from ovulation to doing a pregnancy test)

Co-Parenting Videos

'Co-parenting' booming as new way to raise children

Non-traditional families are becoming more popular around the world. Co-parenting website Modamily helps its subscribers find parenting partners. CCTV America's Karina Huber filed this report from Los Angeles.

New modern family: Friends as co-parents

'Parenting partnerships,' or 'friends with kids,' is emerging as a new trend, putting a twist on the concept of family.

What is Co-Parenting? What does Co-Parenting mean?

Co-parenting refers to a parenting situation where two or more adults work together to raise a child even though they are not necessarily the biological parents, living together or in a romantic relationship.

Co-Parenting Without a Physical Relationship?

A new website matches singles who'd like to have a child together — romance strictly optional.

A Private Sperm Donor with over 80 kids

One man in the Netherlands has fathered over 80 children.

Sperm donor: 'I've fathered 800 children'

The number of women using donated sperm to get pregnant is rising, but many find the cost of treatment at private clinics prohibitive. Simon Watson, 41, has been an unlicensed sperm donor for 16 years.

Finding My Sperm Donation Siblings

In this video I talk about how I discovered I have at least 3 siblings from the same sperm donor.

Co-parents, but not romantic partners

Tatiana Busic is a single heterosexual woman and Brendan Schulz is a gay man. They're co-parents but not romantic partners.

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