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

Any thoughts on having a second kid ? I'm 36 and I got my first kid after 4 years of trying. I'm scared to try for a second kid since I'm mentally and physically drained with work and home.

I’m two days post transfer, I’ve had zero symptoms, I know it’s early but I’m curious if it’s normal to have zero symptoms after transfer and anyone who’s had similar experiences?

If your child's father is not allowed contact, do you need to make a nursery aware of this when registering? (for potential safeguarding)

I used to adore being a stepmother, however since having a child of my own, unfortunately I really dislike being one now and I do feel guilty about this. I feel even more so guilty when other stepmoms say “I love them like my own”, I couldn’t possibly love my partners child over my very own child? My stepchildren ar...

Would you send your African American child to an all Chinese school? I live around the corner from a school that I really like, the only thing is he would literally be the only black child. There are no teachers or anything other than Chinese. He’s going into kindergarten.

Thinking about being one and done or having another and I’m just curious what only children feel about there experience.

Hey, just looking for some advice or words of wisdom! I had a FET on Friday (5day embryo) but don’t feel any different at all at the moment. I’ve not had a frozen transfer take before, only fresh. Not sure if I’m supposed to feel any different this early?!

I need advice. I’m a single mom of two. First child conceived via rape. Second child conceived via donor iui. I’m considering a 3rd child down the road. I know it’s going to be hard as hell as 1 was tough at times , 2 is rough at times. I love my children dearly and absolutely blessed and love being a mama. I do get...

When asking for support or advice from people the first thing they always say is “well you wanted a baby” to me it’s not nice and it almost makes me feel bad for having my child,does anyone else feel like this ?

I need help ASAP. I registered my baby a week ago. I gave her two surnames but want to remove one. I’ve looked into both kinds of deed poles and one of them the enrolled one just seems really complicated and confusing. The person has to have known me for 10 years the witness and have to swear in front of a solicitor...

Why is it parents have to always be right, have to cause arguments about how you are raising your children, saying things like you would of never have done that with me and your mum etc, what's the point in such tension and arguments?

Fellow co-sleepers/contact nappers/on-demand feeders - how are we dealing with unwanted advice and comments about “a rod for your own back”? My (kind and well meaning) MIL keeps offering unsolicited advice even though I’ve explained that I’ve done research on attachment parenting and that I’m doing what feels right...

I have two boys, youngest is 5 months. We decided we’ll wait a bit (maybe until youngest is 2?) until deciding whether or not to have a third. I think about it a lot whether it makes sense for our family. I definitely have room in my heart for a third, but I think from a practicality standpoint, we should stop at 2....

This baby is being adopted due to financial reasons and I cannot afford to keep her. I already have 3 kids and I know the best choice for my family financially would be to not add another one. I was not mentally able to go through with an abortion so I found an amazing couple to adopt instead. They have been there...

I'm mixed race. My partner is white and often makes insensitive comments (I feel anyway) Recently we were having a discussion and I related the topic I was talking about to "whites making blacks slaves back in the old days" and he responded "blacks made other blacks slaves first in Africa. They started it." I g...

I’m genuinely curious about this approach to parenting. Can someone who does it please give me more info like: What do you do if you’re in a rush and need to get out of the house? What do you do if your child wants another chocolate bar or wants cake instead of actual meals? What do you do if your child refuses...

We would love to give our LG a sibling, but I find it so hard already with just one. How do people who don't have family nearby manage?? I am nearing 40 so we don't have time to wait for LG to be much older, but I'm worried about how I would cope with the demands of caring for 2 young children on our own.

So my partner(married) wants to adopt my child, the biological father doesn't know the child exists, when reading up it says the biological father has to except and agree, can my partner adopt if I don't know who the father is? Or can they find out themselves who the father is threw DNA ? And ask him.

I’m tired of hearing the constant nagging from grandparents on how I take care of my baby. Shit is annoying! Sorry venting 😡🤬

Hi everyone. Tomorrow I go back to work and it’s the first day my parents have my son (age 1) for the full day. They raised me and I “turned out fine”. They were good parents, but things have obviously changed a lot in the last 3 decades. Things that you would think are common sense about looking after a baby so...