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

Do you get help from your parents with looking after your little ones or do you just depend on your partner to help out once there home from work etc?

I’m just thinking out loud .I’m not sure where we would be sending these applications ,that wouldn’t be corrupt . I only had coffee ,I’m not high y’all 😭. I’m also thinking the requirements would be ,emotional ,financial and spiritual safety for a child or more ,and as you have more,you have to update your resume 😅.

My supervisor discussed an interesting topic of manufacturing child hood magic . In short term that basically so many parents are attempting to buy childhood memories in extravagant ways and what type of adults we will see in the future. Do you feel that there is a way to preserve “childhood magic” without over...

Please comment: How do you feel about another kid, now that your kid is only 18 months old and you loved them the most till now? Do you feel you won’t be able to give same attention to the first kid once the baby comes?

When can I get my MatB1 and from where? Work keep asking for it! Thanks

Hey, has anyone offered eggs yet? I’m going to offer my little one eggs but not sure if to give scrambled or slices? Internet says one thing then another? If you’ve offered eggs how did you present them? Tia

Last week Monday my daughter (16 months) woke up with a cold. She had a fever etc pretty bad. Two days later me and my son starts feeling a bit unwell. My son (2 months) had very low fever, and only had to take paracetamol for one night. I haven't gotten any fever but do have had a but of a sore throat and sniffle. ...

How are you guys setting boundaries with families when they come visit you and baby? I am just wondering as Christmas is near and I’m sure family wants to meet babies etc..

Has anyone heard of this or done something similar ? Please no judgment . I am really struggling and I just don’t want my baby to suffer because I am going through it. I wish I had friends or family to stay with him for even a day so I can go to the gym or go for a sole walk to clear my head but I can’t . This is t...

My first time collecting colostrum. I collected 15 syringes I’m so excited omg!!!

Hello ladies. My LO is 20 months old and I want to go for my 2nd. But my LO is not mobile (he has a condition), so I am worried about miscarrying if I have to pick him up and put him down many times during the day. He is 14kg at the moment and we live on the first floor so there are stairs everyday. This might seem ...

any success stories with a first sweep? Going to get one tomorrow morning and all I seem to see is posts of unsuccessful ones but was wondering if anyone has had success?

Exactly what it says in title. First time mum and husband’s family are questioning as to why we’ve chosen to give her a dummy and lecturing on how difficult it is to get them off them. I’ve seen a lot of people now choose not to give their babies dummies and now I feel like I’m the only one who’s giving their bab...

Just looking at more options for grandparents and a 7 month old.

Anyone not got theirs yet??

Today is my last day of work and I’m actually so excited to start really slowing down into mum zone. I’m a self employed tattoo artist so feel bad on my partner having to put all the graft in now but I feel so tired and ready ! How is everyone getting on? When do others finish?

So, I applied to this job and the recruiter reached out to me on Monday this week to see if I was still interested and when my availability was. I got really excited and replied as soon as I received the email saying that I’m available between my lunch hours and then I emailed again because I forgot to add that I co...

I have a little one and she’s still very young but I honestly don’t know if want to have more kids or not Sometimes I feel like I want to give her a sibling but then other times I feel like I only want one kid Has anyone else felt like this? Did you end up having another kid or only have the one?

Anybody else scheduled for FET on or around January 16th?

Anyone got egg collection coming up, such an exciting time but so nervous, I have mine Friday, have another scan tomorrow to see how they're doing 🥰