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

My husband and I have a 2 year old son. I’m 14 weeks pregnant with our second. Which he was excited about at first. Now he’s telling me to get rid of it. To give it up for adoption. I can’t go through with that. I would never be able to give my baby up for adoption

There has been a kind of hot topic surrounding the word no. And all I've heard is some parents refuse to tell their children no. And there isn't a reason I've heard as to why. I believe in balance. If a child is doing something dangerous, I think it's ok to say no and move them to something else to get their attenti...

I’ve just found out I’m having a boy after a girl and i am partly excited and partly apprehensive. I don’t have any males in my family and with my first baby girl it felt so natural. This time round I don’t know what to expect! I think I wanted to replicate what I had with my first baby girl but now I know this expe...

I'm getting more worried every day about helping my daughter get used to having a sibling. She will be 20 months old when #2 arrives. She's quite the needy sensitive baby and I'm feeling really overwhelmed. Except for acknowledging her feelings I don't have a whole lot of ideas to ease the transition. What are you a...

What would be your biggest advice or tips? I’m nervous for my first born. I feel like he’s going to be upset w me when I bring home his baby brother.

I went for a pedicure this afternoon, thought it would take my mind off the strong likelihood that our transfer has failed (line much paler today than Monday🙁). What/who sits down next to me? A lady with a lovely cute baby, which didn’t do much to take my mind off things 🤦🏻‍♀️

Can father file birth certificate without mother ? Me and her dad are separating after only 5 weeks of her being in this world so we didn’t file the certificate yet and now he took it , I’m terrified

Ok so this is like an hours collection- anyone else struggling?

I do want to start this off with I'm not apart of this community and I am not any kind of phobic but I would like to hear the opinions from this community. (I will share my opinion as well) So the question is "Do you think it's okay for a minor to fully transition?" I say no because I think it's our job as parents...

I’m taking my son away with my mum next month and was planning on taking his birth certificate with me as we don’t have the same surname. Would it also be worth getting my ex to write a letter of consent to say he’s allowed the holiday to happen or would the certificate be enough? One of my colleagues took her da...

We are not getting our son Christened but I would like to honour 2 friends who I would choose as Godparents if I did. Does anybody have any ideas of how I can do this? Like a nice little gift and a poem maybe

My husband and I have been together since 2018, just got married earlier this year. I have a 9 year old that hasn't seen her dad since she was 1. My husband and I have talked about him adopting her. Her bio dad is on the certificate. Has anyone gone through this? I don't know if it varies by county or just state. Do...

So my daughter is 3, and i haven't been with her sprem donor since she was 8 or 9 weeks old. His mother made him stay away from her till they got a dna tha5 isnt liable in court i mind you and at first they seen her all the time over time they started to see uer less or make up excuses on why they couldnt come the v...

How dose one step mom have a good relationship with the kids? I've tried everything with them from playing games with them to spending one on one time with both of them, and I'm still getting hate and attitude from them.

So my family keeps asking what I’m doing for my birthday this year and I keep telling them nothing since my son should be here and I need to focus on him. They say I shouldn’t start neglecting myself for the baby. What would you do?

This worry keeps being on my mind quite frequently. My dad has had lifelong issues with alcohol. Similarly, my grandad (his dad) was an alcoholic although back in the day my grandmum has kept him in check more or less whereas my dad when he drinks he is out for 3-4 weeks and that happens every couple of months or so...

I don’t have anything to my name no car, no apartment, no job, no $ & no baby father.. accidents happens I would have never brought a baby on purpose into this world knowing i don’t have anything good for her, I know I know people gone say I shouldn’t have laid down either but I did now this is happening.. I use to...

Just had my first egg retrieval yesterday! Would love to hear stats on how many of your fertilized eggs made it to day 5 blasts. Here are my results: -Retrieved: 24 -Mature: 17 -Fertilized: 13

Has anyone done any KIT days yet? I'm feeling a bit guilty for asking for them so early. I just feel summer is around the corner and we have no real money to enjoy doing anything. Also feeling like this time away from my LO might help me transition better when I go back fully.

I love “Gentle, Peaceful, Conscious, Attachment, etc...” parenting styles. But there’s a major problem. You see, often, these ideas turn into PERMISSIVE PARENTING and leave parents confused about how to actually hold boundaries and conflicted about which expectations to have in the first place! I want my childr...