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One or two

My husband and I have been debating on having another child. I for sure wanna have another one he’s not sure. Now all of our family lives either far or never want to hangout. So all the holidays are always lonely. I want have a bigger family so we can have our own traditions as they grow older and that they have a s...

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Nesting stage

Has anyone else hit the nesting stage and making sure everything is right for arrival? Due in 4 weeks and this project has given me energy. FTM!

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Advice please

My baby daddy and I call parents but he’s not on the bus certificate. Does he still need to pay child support even though he’s not on the birth certificate?

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Visitors in Hosptial

my parents really want to ‘wait’ whilst I’m in labour at the hospital. I’ve tried to explain that I don’t want anyone there but I know as soon as I go into labour they will get ready to come and wait. ( I think they also think I’ll be in hospital for a few days when it theory if all goes well, most people are out sa...

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Got my 2-3 on clear blue

Finally got 2-3 on clear blue, after 3 losses I’m still anxious but feel a bit better. A wish time would go faster 😵‍💫. 4 weeks 4 days. Hope that’s good 😱.

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How many kids do you ideally want?

If you changed your mind after having kids? Why?

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family woes

I am devastated by what i've learned about my family in the last week through Thanksgiving interactions. How are you all navigating the dynamics of keeping a toddler or young child safe around a family with a messy history? Everyone in my family has been abused or is an abuser and I refuse to let my child be exposed...

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ER and fertilization

Had my egg retrieval on Friday and retrieved 12 eggs. Got my fertilization report and 5 are mature and fertilized. I wasn’t expecting such an extreme drop off so early on. Am I out of the race?

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Egg allergy ladder

Has anyone done an egg allergy ladder that wouldn’t mind sharing? My GP told me this wasn’t a thing, but I friend of a friend’s baby has been put on it by her GP.

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HardBoiled egg left out overnight

Anybody eaten hardboiled eggs that were accidentally left out overnight and been fine?… still in their shells if that makes any difference

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How do you say no to people holding your baby?😭

I’m really struggling with visitors wanting their ‘newborn cuddle’. I feel like so many of these visitors, mean well but are only coming to hold the baby and wouldn’t normally be seeing us outside of bigger gatherings. I also am struggling with the expectation that we just hand our baby over for multiple people. I...

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More than one child...

I only aim to have one or two childre in my lifetime but I am curious as to some of the reasons why women would want 3, 4,5 or more children. It is just a question to put out there as I'm curious

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FET 4th anyone with me?

Hey looking for anyone on the wait to test day after treatment?

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When was the last time someone who isn’t your child or partner gave you a big hug?

I feel like we need more good, strong hugs between friends and family.

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Advice please!

My husband and I are both Christian’s and will be raising our child in a Christ like home. A lot of my husband’s family are Hindu and prior to our son being born have said they want to take him to the temple. My MIL called my husband the other day and told him when I was in labour (which ended in emergency c-section...

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This might be the sickest parent alive: a father injected his 11 month old with HIV hoping the child would die thus end his mandatory child support obligations.

For more context, the father was a phlebotomist, so he had access to collecting and illegal keeping the blood of patients who have AIDs. When the child was in the hospital for unrelated reasons the father came to “visit” his 11 month old. He told his ex he would watch their child so she could have a quick break. Wh...

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