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Grandparent Rights/Law

My father-in-law keeps threatening to enact grandparent rights and take one of our children away from us not all three just the one and even though I know he has no grounds for it and cannot win on any case for it it's just upsetting that he keeps threatening it and it's not like we can cut ties or anything because ...

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Travel at 36 wks

I have my life long best friends wedding coming up - I’ll be just past 36 weeks. It’s a 1 hour flight away, and the airline that I would fly allows travel up to the end of your 36th week. The wedding is also in my hometown, where my whole family lives, and with an excellent hospital and NICU. My OB’s cutoff for ...

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Visiting Request

Even though it’s not until January it’s stressing me out😂 so, we’ll be visiting family members once baby is here as most of my partners side live on the other side of the country so we’re going to travel to see all of them as it makes more sense than all of them coming just for us 2 (then 3) my issue is it will be…

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Venting

I just don't understand how someone could go weeks or months without checking on their child... I've tried having heart to hearts more than 3 times with this man ! I just want help ! I feel like he should be here 24/7 helping me regardless because we planned her then he switched up so now I feel like since she's her...

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Issues with MIL

My MIL and I have not spoken via text for over a month. This is because in the messages I told her that I did not like when she was rude and disrespectful towards me when she visits us. She said she didn't know what I was talking about and she just wants to see her grandkids. So I sent her a message saying that I wo...

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RESENTMENT - IN LAWS

When I had my baby my in laws were very difficult and I’m struggling to move on or Feel comfortable around them because I just don’t feel safe in the environment whilst I’m at my most vulnerable. I’m starting to feel a little bit more of myself but I’m still really struggling to not be so resentful. It’s making me f...

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What on earth has happened to sleep!?

Please tell me there are other babies waking every hour or even more at the moment!? Teething, regression, a cold, whatever it is I am exhausteddddd! 😴

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Am I wrong for not wanting to keep trying with the father?

I’m going to try to make this as short as possible. Not sure if I’m looking for advice or just to vent. I’m 38w 4 days pregnant. I hooked up with an old fling and ended up pregnant. Being 38 and not having any children, I decided to keep the baby…not one single regret with that decision. I gave the father the option...

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Does anyone else just feel completely disgusted and annoyed by their partner, now that you're pregnant?

I feel so guilty, but mostly since the start of this week (week 7 for me), I've just wanted nothing to do with my fiancé most of the time. He's so sweet and attentive and keeps asking me what he can do to help, but I often feel like I have to bite my tongue from angrily telling him to just leave me alone. Like all I...

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Being with a narcissist is the worst when you're sick

I been so used to doing stuff while sick as I had been a single parent for many years to my 3 kids, you can't just stop and rest when there's nobody there to help you. Now I have an 8 month old, being a relationship with a narcissist and sick for 2 weeks he doesn't believe it doesn't help me so I can rest all becau...

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Advice… am I over reacting?

My 18 month old has started to give me kisses. When my mum looks after him I didn’t think about him trying to give anyone else a kiss. I was on holiday with my family and he went to kiss my mum and she kissed him back on the mouth. I’ve very openly said from when he was born that I don’t feel comfortable with anyone...

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What would you do in this situation?

About 3 years ago, my cousin and her parents sat me down to tell me my husband tried to kiss my cousin. They told me about it and I literally broke down in tears and didn’t defend my husband(husband and I were already having our own problems so anything anyone said at the time I would believe) my fault for that. Sin...

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Weaning ideas!

Hey everyone! My daughter is almost 6 months and we have been doing some BLW and I was wondering if you have any ideas that you do/are planning on doing? So far she has tried: mango, watermelon, cucumber, scrambled egg, omelette, full fat yogurt with a mango purée pouch mixed in, tuna, avocado toast, banana and so...

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Introducing Baby

Hi all, I'm due to be induced on Monday. I have two cats, and we have recently gone through a lot of changes in our home. We had a third cat (Maine coon) who had kittens and just as her final baby was rehoused, she passed away. This has had a large impact on the other twos behaviour - they are a lot more cuddly and ...

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Idk what to do

I love my husband, but a lot of his traits annoy me. He’s given me the opportunity to stay home until our son is 2 while I finish school. He never cleans up after himself, doesn’t make his lunches for work, doesn’t do laundry or clean, too scared to take our son to his swim class alone this Saturday while I do my c...

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Teething rash

Hey! Do you think this looks like teething rash? I don’t want to rush to the drs if it looks normal 😂 she hasn’t got a temperature but has got quite a warm face and the rash has been appearing and then calming down over the last few days but she’s woken up with it quite bad today. First time mum panics 😭

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