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

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Co-parenting app

I will be getting a R-order in place where we can only talk through a parenting app. What is the best one?? There are loads of different ones online but want opinions from people actually using them. Thank you in advance xx

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Passports

Hello my lovelies , just looking to see if anyone’s had the same issue and what they done to solve it ? So I’m going to be getting my 2 kids passports they’re dads on the birth certificate but he doesn’t see them or contact them and I’ve no idea how to contact him either to get his permission is there a way I can g...

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Feeling Guilty

We are so excited to become a family of 4 but is it normal to feel so much guilt about my toddler no longer being an only child? It feels so bittersweet as I’m so excited to have another baby and he will be the best big brother but I’m finding myself getting so upset at the prospect of it not just being “us” anymore...

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Child custody with a 3 month old

Hi mamas , Anyone with experience in North Carolina knowing of a judge taking young babies back and forth between parents ? I filed for primary custody of my 3 month old ,but hearing people say for a child this young , the courts typically want the child to still have both parents so a 2,2,3 schedule is most likely...

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37 weeks colostrum collecting

Hey I just wanted to share I've been collecting colostrum for 4 days now day 1 got nothing day 2 got 0.5ml day 3 was sore so gave up but this morning I managed to collect 2ml and I just feel over the moon with it feel kinda silly cuz it's still so little but for me it's a little win xx

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Another

Our daughter will be 1.5 in a couple weeks. L&d was a bit traumatic, went fine until I wasn't progressing and had an emergency c-section. Ppd was rough, I'm not used to those types of emotions. That being said, I'm getting some baby fever realizing our daughter would make a great sister and I kind of want a boy. R...

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Vinted

Has anyone not had much luck selling on vinted recently 🤔 I haven't sold anything in about a month is this usual??

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Colostrum 💛

Anyone started collecting yet ? First try today and just managed to get 1.0 ml 🙂

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Foster care

I’ve just finished a 3 month residential assessment and we failed. I don’t know how to feel now they’re going to take my baby away. I want him to call me mama and to see him crawling and walking 😭

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Second birth with no help

Hey mums, I'm curious to know what people do when giving birth to a second child when they have no family or friends to mind their first child/children? Does the husband just not attend the birth?

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Co parenting

Hey ladies, excuse my language, but how the hell do you co parent with an ass hole? 😊

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I swear all dead beats do this

Does your baby dad tell people that you don’t allow him to see his child?

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Anyone else?

I’m posting incognito as I keep seeing all these women asking questions for support (as we should) and they get opinions opposed to help or assistance. For example, seeing parents asking about weaning advice prior to 6M. And the comments will be people slamming about how the LO isn’t 6M & should wait. Why commen...

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Adopting #3?

Anyone willing to share their experiences regarding adopting a child when you already have bio kids? We personally don't know anyone who has made this kind of transition and we're currently discussing our options. Posting anonymous cause I know people irl on here and we have not gone public with this

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What are some things you noticed you need to improve in when becoming a new parent?

I notice it’s making me really having to improve with my ppl pleasing tendency’s, having to communicate, set boundaries and also it’s making me notice that I don’t seem to self soothe the best mentally.

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Raising kids in England V …

Hi there Please can I ask what your thoughts are on raising kids in the UK? Is there anywhere else you’d like to raise them? I’m a dual citizen of UK and Australia and I’m So torn with what to do.

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Did you get your refund?

Y’all I’m still waiting on mine and I filed on Jan 4th 😩

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Lh surge today

Starting two week wait. Terrified and so excited. Who else has similar timing and starting or started two week wait recently?

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Update on considering adoption for baby

Hi everyone so I considered some months back about adoption for my unborn baby, due to the dv situation with my kids father and me being in a shelter. Well I got into a program that’ll cover my rent up to two years. They’ve also been helping me look for apartments and gave me a case worker and my kids really want to...

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raising a boy to be a loving man

This app has so many horrible stories about men, it’s got me a bit worried about raising a boy. Surely the mothers of a lot of these men did the best they could so why are SOME so awful (society, biology ?!). Luckily, the best man i know is my husband and the father of my 5 month old son but i still worry. Any tips ...

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