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

Has anyone experienced co-parenting with a newborn? My baby is just one month old, and next week we will be starting a 50-50 arrangement (temporary agreement until we go to court). My heart is broken; it feels like a piece of my heart is being taken away. I am in Florida. Any advice on navigating this situation is a...

I notice people will quickly call having a girl baby “karma” if the dad wasn’t present or abusive etc. The girl is supposed to teach the man through having her own heartbreaks and being treated as he treated her mom. Everyone wants a boy, because they’re “easier”. But what about the “karma” of raising a boy exactly ...

We adopted our son when he was 2 1/2 he's now 13. His bio mom was white we personally knew her. She had no DNA test done for a bio dad. She had been with multiple people of different races. Could anyone tell me how I could get his DNA tested just to know what race he is

I’m getting the sweep on Tuesday and quite nervous for it! Anyone who’s had it that can tell me what it actually involves, how long it takes, if it hurts etc😅

Anyone in NI or Uk struggle with a thin lining to allow a transfer? Keep waiting on the magic number of 7 but only getting to 5.4….

Canadian moms ! For those of you who do not have their child’s father listed on the birth certificate, did you still need their permission to sign for passport or consent to take your little one across the border ?

My baby dad’s been trying to pressure for me to put him on the birth certificate or do paternity so he can take FMLA and not use it for our 2 month old. What’s the difference between adding him to the birth certificate and paternity? The point is I don’t want him having rights. He’s turned into a trash human since ...

Hi all! I am on my fourth FET (5dp5dt). I decided to test this morning and it was very negative. Looking for any encouragement. I’ve had three prior FETs, the first failed, the second was chemical and the third failed. This fourth FET was our first PGTa tested. Has anyone done more than 4 transfers and been succe...

AF arrived this morning! I’ve been trying for over a year! Just feel so down! I never saw myself with an only child! I’m desperate to give my daughter a sibling! I also didn’t want a big age gap! Never did I think it would be this hard after convincing my daughter so easily.

I know this is a little random but do you ever just love your child so much you feel guilt? Like I don’t even know what the guilt feeling is but I just want to protect him at ALL costs. I have the most loving caring boy and he makes me cry everyday with how sweet and funny he is. I just feel guilt and I think about ...

Does anyone contemplate moving away now they have a child? Im more & more thinking do I want her to grow up here?? I just don’t know if I’d have the guts 😫 I just want better for my baby I think

For content I’m white European. My child is mixed race (white and Montserratian) Took my little one to park the other day my little one was playing and this little girl at first pulled my girls hair. I thought nothing of it kids pull hair of course my little one said ‘that’s not nice it hurt me’ and walked away. T...

I had my first transfer today with my only surviving embryo (5 day, good quality). As a lot of you know, these next 2 weeks will be very long with a mixture of emotions and physical symptoms. I’d love to hear what you all did during your TWW to distract yourself and keep calm - and any other advice for this period ...

So so happy that after being super bummed out about only getting two eggs, both being mature but only one fertilising that today we have frozen a day 5 embryo graded AA!

I'll try to make this short. I'm 10w2d pregnant. I live in the UK and my parents live in France. My mum got diagnosed with cancer about 3 months ago. She finished radiotherapy and chemo last week. Due to the effects of radiotherapy and the type of cancer, she can't barely eat anymore and can't speak very well for no...

Maybe I just need to rant, but I'm quite clear with my boundaries, and my mum is just the generation who isn't. My partner and I have agreed that once the baby is born, for at least 6-8 weeks, we don't want visitors staying over. I want to recover and bond with my baby without people expecting anything from me, and ...

We’re due for our second baby in October (a boy). Our girl will be 15 months old. Any suggestions for positive ways to introduce the new baby to his big sister, from day one and onwards? Especially with the age of big sister in mind. One person told me they gifted their daughter a toy baby and pram. I think we’ll ...

My baby doesn’t like to be held by anyone else but me or Daddy. It’s so sad 😢 he just cries and cries until he’s back on our laps. Does anyone else have this issue? It’s really upsetting my baby’s grandparents as well.

My step child Often makes up fake stories about what her mother used to do for her father . For instance if i cook, step child would say things such as, “my dad loved when my mom made that it was his favorite.” We were having cookies and milk and she said “ oh my dad love when my mom makes him cookies . He would eat...

Hey! Recently i’ve been thinking alot about baby number 2 and i’ve had brief conversations about it with my partner. What i’ve gathered from the conversations we’ve had is that he is not on board with the idea of another baby. This really upsets be coming from a big family as I loved growing up with my siblings an...