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

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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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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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Can you love your children and hate being a parent at the same time?

I love my kids. I would die for them, kill for them, they will have my unconditional love, no matter what. I feel like I don’t like being a parent. Is this normal? Does anybody else feel like this

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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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Disobedient Kids

What did you do with your disrespectful, disobedient Kids when they weren’t respecting the rules in your house and being unappreciative of all that you do as a single mother? Send them to live with their father? Or family Or?

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Does it get easier?

What I mean by that is pregnancy and parenting. I'm 14, and pregnant. I haven't even got to highschool yet and I am so scared. I don't know what I'm going to do, it's incredibly hard right now and the baby isn't even here, let alone when she is here, great goodness.

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So I am firm believer of no one outside of mum and dad kissing the newborn for obvs reasons..

Thing is, this time round I'm going to be a mum to a toddler and a newborn.. if youre a parent that believes in the no kissing where do you stand with your toddler kissing the baby? Yes or no?? And what's your reasoning? Idk what to do with this one

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DNA & Ancient DNA ect

I have decided to stop learning about my dna and my ancient ancestors ect. Mainly because: 1: Dads side of the family is not helpful at all so I don’t know what to do as far as my dads side of the family goes and knowing more about his side. 2: starting to believe that Dnagenics,yourdnaportal,adntro, mytrueance...

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Hypothyroidism and FET

Anyone have any advice for my next frozen transfer. Won’t be due for a couple of months but eager to get others experience of navigating an under active thyroid on 75mcg Levothyroxine. Last fresh transfer failed to implant and keen to find out if this is the cause etc.

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Were you a foster child that stayed with one family throughout?

I'm considering fostering as I'd love to help a child who needs a family and also, I've always wanted a big family but don't want to go through pregnancy and childbirth again. My husband isn't up for it because he wouldn't be able to handle losing that child after getting connected and feeling like they're a part...

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Transfer day

This morning I had my fresh transfer of a 5AB blastocyst embryo. I’m really hoping and praying it sticks. I’ve been curled on the settee all day not wanting to move out of fear something will happen, it’s going be a long 9 days. Any tips or advice very welcome please 🤞🏻

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FET DAY!

It's transfer day today. Please keep me in your prayers and wishes! I am super excited. The day is finally here!

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Feeling really guilty for not giving my son a sibling yet….

My son is 2.. 3 in may and we have no intentions of having another baby just yet. But I feel this insane amount of guilt when he plays alone and when his friends have brothers and sisters… he’s never mentioned having one and I’ve never felt this way but recently it’s consuming my thoughts all the time… please can I ...

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Experience of 2 children with no support

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any experience of having 2 children with no help from family or friends? My lo is 16 months now and I would love to start trying for another baby. The only thing holding us back is that we haven't had any support from family with our lo, and even with just one it has been very dif...

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Visitors….

Hi! I just wanted everyone’s thoughts on visitors. My MIL has stated that she wants to wait in the hospital car park whilst I give birth so she can meet the baby as soon as they are born. I have said, I don’t want visitors at the hospital, but she’s now insisting on waiting, and now she’s insisting on coming over ...

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Pedo in your state and possible area

ASK AND I'LL SEND A PHOTO OF HIM Hi I'm a single mom of two wanting to give a warning about my sperm donor being in your state/area His name is DESEAN GREENWALD Age:30 Area: NEWTON NC hes also an abusive narcissist He SA our 5 year old nonverbal child while he can't talk vocally he was able to tell me in his own w...

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Christening without Godparents

I want to get my baby Christened. It’s important to me and my husband is very understanding of this, even though he doesn’t have a faith. However, we don’t have family and tbh I don’t have any friends I’d want to ask to be Godparents - they never asked how I got on or took an interest during my pregnancy… they’ve ...

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Anyone think they bit off more than they could handle having child number 3?

I don’t mean regretting that child, I just mean all the things that come with having 3 children. Less attention and time spent with first 2 children, lack of sleep and time for self care, lack of money, need for bigger everything….

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