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

This is the most I've gotten in one session so far. I'm feeling pretty proud!! Has anyone else started collecting?

Just wanted to see different views about this question. We live very far from family and have done all the parenting on our own. It has been exhausting and childcare so unaffordable that we know we can never have another child. We do dream about "oh wouldn't it be wonderful if we had some help, even if it was just o...

Had my first FET on the 12th, Anyone else currently in the 2ww. X

Seeing a few posts about Baby number 2, anyone else in the one and done club? The idea of going through it all again fills me with anxiety and dread rather than excitement so while I mourn the idea of a sibling for my baby, I would rather be a halfway decent mum to one than a substandard mum to two. I have been luck...

Hi, would love to hear others experience. I had buserilin injection due to risk of OHSS and had to freeze all following egg collection. I was advised there would be a withdrawal bleed - can anyone tell me how heavy this is from experience? How long after the egg collection did you have a normal period and how lon...

I personally have so much respect for people who know themselves well enough to know that they do not want to have kids for whatever reason, especially in a society that places so much emphasis on having kids. (Btw I’m not talking about the people who don’t have kids but are actively TTC)

My son has been taken into care because of his dad n ive been told its about 6 months before i can possibly have him back has anyone gone through this before

Like what would a child have to do for you to use the term spoilt ?

Are we still Christening our babies or leaving them to choose their faith?

With Christmas approaching does anyone else hate the idea of family members you don’t really get on with holding your little one? I know people can be firm about others holding their baby but he’s not a newborn anymore and some are quite close family so I feel there’s an expectation.

Does your partner make comments about how messy (not dirty) your car looks? Does your partner understand how difficult it is to keep a car spotless when having kids? Thank you

when parents say “i didn’t do this with my first baby, so i’m not doing it with my second.” example A - “my first baby didn’t have the vaccines because they’ve changed them since he was born so my second baby won’t have them either” example B - “i know of someone who gave their baby cows milk at 6 months so i will t...

I don’t know how to deal when yes I’m not trying to replace bio mom but I’m still expected to love step child as if they were my own . How ? I can’t when I’m so restricted which is fine out of respect but then also how do I face the struggles with continuing on with my life and my daughters when by default step chil...

Anyone else find it frustrating that grandparents (our parents) always talk about how much help they had when their children were younger and how they couldn’t have continued to work, earn good money and build a good life for their family etc without the help of their parent’s childcare - and yet are not offering to...

Has anyone else struggled with agreeing on things with their partner for when baby is born? I have said I would not be comfortable with family kissing baby, he said that is being too protective and will let them. I also would not want everyone holding baby the first few weeks only immediate family and close frie...

As often as you play the game or want to play the game (especially in the newborn-3 year old phase); has anyone ever verbally complained to their partner about having to take care of the baby and made your family feel like a burden?

My husband and I are both agnostic but we still want our LB to have a “godparent” like role in his life anyone else on the same boat what do you call them? We had a humanist wedding and our celebrant suggested like a guide parent but that seems a bit naff Also don’t want to get my MIL too excited because she’s sti...

Does anyone else feel like our parents are just so judgemental and critical of how we raise our kids nowadays? Like damn I thought I would be a strict parent until my son got a little older now I'm realizing I want to take a gentler approach than I thought I would. His personality makes it hard to do things the typ...

Anyone here thinking of giving the baby to adoption? I'm 6 months pregnant and I'm thinking about giving my baby up for adoption because of my tricky circumstances, but I'd love to hear if anyone is or has gone through this?

Hi all! I’m in a bit of a predicament. My son was born and took his father’s last name due to his request. I tried to speak about double barreling which wasn’t an option. We have since split up and he has tried to stop me changing our sons last name (despite the fact I have made no attempt to) I’m unsure if I actual...