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

Anyone else not had their child benefits payment?

How many follicles should you aim for before egg collection? It’s my first round of IVF and I’m due to have my first collection soon, but my follicle count looked low still. I know everyone is different but I’d love to hear how many good size follicles people had before going into collection?

By my own toddlers 🤦🏻‍♀️ of course the ovulation window days are the ones my kids have a slight temp and both end up in our bed 🫠🫠 what chance have I got when we dont get any space from them 😭 going to have to BD as soon as they go to bed tonight 🤣

I’m 38wks and been trying to collect colostrum for a week and nothing, not even a glistening! Anyone else have this? I get induced next week so was hoping to take some into the hospital with me

So I was supposed to get my food stamps today. It says June 1, 2024 but I still haven’t gotten them. And the app and website are down due to maintenance! Ughhh has this happened to anyone else? It’s not my first month receiving them. First month receiving them was April, after I had my baby.

Yesterday was my first day of stims and I was so nervous! I’m just nervous overall for the entire process. Just trying to relax over here. I’ve read so many crazy stories about egg retrieval being super painful. 😣 I’m ready but not ready at the same time. Ugh! I just wish we all didn’t have to go thru all this.…

My baby is almost 2 months and no one in BD family has bought the baby anything. I know it’s not obligated but my friends and family have went out of the way to prepare for the baby arrival. They made sure baby had more than enough. His family didn’t even ask if we needed anything…. Should I feel some kind of way?

Today, I met 2 of my friends with their sons at a park. My little boy has just turned 2, one of my friends' sons has just turned 6 & my other friend's son is nearly 7. Whenever we meet with our boys, I have noticed that 9 times out of 10, by the time we are going our separate ways, the older 2 have fallen out & are ...

Does it get easier to stand up for your children? I have a hard time with confrontation and I'm still having a hard time 9 months later protecting my boundaries with my son. Will it get easier so do I need to find my voice now so we're not disrespected more in the future?

I'm very much in 2 minds for a 2nd child. On the one hand, I'd love to give my little boy a sibling so that he always has someone, but on the other hand, the finances of having a 2nd child scare me. I was an only child and never felt I missed out on that sibling bond, but when i see other siblings playing together,...

How do you co parent with a newborn? I don’t want to be away from him at all when he’s born…

I used to have such a hard time making this decision, but as I’m 36 weeks pregnant and seeing he’s only bought my daughter one baby bottle and texts his first babymomma happy Mother’s Day and broke up with me ON Mother’s Day I don’t give a fuck to even put him on the birth certificate. She’s going to have what name ...

Hello Ladies, I have my FET transfer on 28th May 2024, they were 2 embryos - 2BC AND early blastocyst. Today is day 2 after the transfer and I dont feel anything. Is it normal? Pls share your experiences.

Hey everyone, I have my first FET tomorrow and not sure what to expect. Does it hurt? Do you have to rest afterwards or can you carry on as normal?

I am really on the fence and am giving myself a year or two max to decide whether we should have/try to have another child. Right now we have 1, who’s turning 2 tomorrow ❤️ And he is the apple of our eye, but, no one’s gonna say it isn’t a bit difficult having a child, especially if you and your partner have demandi...

I don't have anyone else to watch him, but I would feel bad asking the father to step out as well. But I feel like it would be too traumatic for a one year old as I'm going natural birth. But I'm also curious if seeing the new arrival would help the integration process.

How did you find being an only child? Did you like it? Find it lonely? Looking for pros and cons please

I am currently reading happiest baby on the block. And looking forward for more parenting books. Would love to hear which parenting books you liked and why. Please share !

Hi girls!! I’m 27 + 3 with my first boy, and leaking out a lot of “liquid gold” colostrum from my boob, when did everyone start collecting theirs and freezing them? And what is the best time to be collecting this? I’m leaking quite a lot 🥲!

This is my first try at collecting - is this a really poor effort? Should I keep trying? Any top tips?