Community Posts, Tips & Support on Adoption, Fostering & Surrogacy

So i was adopted within my fam by my dads mom when i was 8 due to my parents using drugs. I stopped contacting my bio mom around that time and haven't really thought about her till recently. Shes tried contacting me since i turned 18 (im 19 now). Im 10 weeks pregnant and i cant stopped thinking about the fact that s...

I’ve never felt as miserable and irritable and tearful as I do today!! 3 days post transfer and it’s my 7th transfer so I think I know what to expect, but I’ve never had mood swings like this before! Anyone with me?? Any tips? Before I lose my mind! 🤯

I have my first FET transfer in 12 days (May 8th) .I’m already having pregnancy nightmares and IVF nightmares. I wanted to know how many of you guys were successful on the first transfer and if you weren’t, how many transfers did it take. I know everyone is different but I feel like maybe hearing other peoples exper...

I want to get my baby christened but I don’t want to have to spend much time with the two sides of the family in the same place. Any suggestions on how I might get around this? It would only be my family (2sisters and partners, 3 kids and mom and dad and his fam, 1 sister w/partner and kid his mom and dad and Nan. ...

I don’t know how to approach this or how to say this but I’ve have a TERRIBLE connection with my oldest daughter due to who her biological dad is and how I ended up finding out about her when I was pregnant . Since she’s been born it’s been so hard . I had an emergency c section so it was even harder . She’s almost ...

Can I still put him on Child Support even though he wasn’t in the delivery room when my daughter was born because he saying I can’t put him on child support because he wasn’t in the delivery room😂😂😂🤨🗣️💯‼️

When registering your baby can you add the dad at a later date if you don’t want him on it for parental concerns ? Uk based Any advice, thanks

Do anyone know how long it supposed to take for food stamps to get renewed if you were late

I’ve just started today and feel like I’ve done ok but just wanting to know how others are getting on

Hey!! We are looking into our 2nd FET this June, when we come back off Holiday. So will be using my menstrual cycle of May. We transferred in October 2021, which sadly resulted in a miscarriage at 5 weeks. We really need this one to be successful (I know everyone is in the same boat) But, does anyone have any ...

Send me all the good vibes for my first ever egg retrieval tomorrow morning!!! And send all your love and prayers that our little embryos grow and can be freshly transfer and the rest frozen!! Any tips for after care from the retrieval!?

I believe we've decided to go through an agency and which one but still have a few things to take care of before we can start fostering such as getting our dogs shots updated... we plan to take Littles to start until our girl has her words and understanding of privates being private... with that being said what rand...

They understand things on a much deeper level than we often realize because they don’t have all the skills to verbalize what they comprehend. Where children lack in life experience they can understand within emotional intelligence. Speaking from an American perspective, our society as a whole treats children as seco...

Hello Any success stories with day 6 embryos? Any thoughts surrounding day 5 vs day 6?

This was my first attempt and one go, so pleased with what I was able to collect this much. Only issue was I had to get my husband to help, any tips on how I can try this on my own it’s hard to collect on your own.

Hey yall, does anyone know if my bd has to go on the birth certificate in order to get child support? He didn’t go to the birth, he never met her in person and she’s almost a year old now. He really has no interest in being a father but I don’t wanna start something unless I know she won’t have to be around him. I k...

It's like the God Father said. Are you there for your kids?? he replied yes. The God Father said good bc any man that doesn't take care of his own children isn't a real man, I felt that shit 💯

Anyone just starting their tww? Ovulated today… let the horrible guessing games begin tomorrow 😭😭😭

I'll go first (2nd time Mum to be here) You will hear phantom cries when you go to shower or the toilet without baby Strangers will try to touch your newborn baby without consent, set boundaries Colicky babies are not for the weak Sleep regressions are hard AF You will want "me time" and feel guilty for it Y...

i just don’t know what to do i’m stuck in the middle i have 2 kids that i am raising by myself and i just can’t do anymore i don’t have help and i can’t get help for housing! me and my kids are homeless living in a tent in the woods and i really can’t afford to take care of both of them by myself with no help so im ...