Tag: adoption
The Adoption Scandal – How Some Parents Are Being Pressured To...
When a child is put up for adoption, we generally assume it’s because the parents had no other choice. The common belief...
We Feared It Would Be Difficult To Adopt As A Same-Sex...
It’s a big thing for any couple to decide they want to be
parents. To agree they’re committed enough and responsible enough to...
We Care For Terminally Ill Children – Because They All Deserve...
Every baby,
every child deserves to know love before they die. They deserve to be held, to
know they are truly cared for, and...
I Had To Adopt My Own Daughter – And As Half...
It’s not
often I talk about adopting my daughter, even though the day it became official
was one of the best of my life....
Our Infertility Is Devastating – But It Means We Can Help...
Aaron and I had been married just over a year when we decided to start trying for a baby. Everyone told us to wait...
Heartbreak Stalked Us As We Struggled To Conceive – Then A...
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices to realize your dreams. You know it will be hard and you might wonder if it’s worth it...
Down Syndrome, Adoption, Seven Kids – They Weren’t In My Life...
If you’d told me 14 years ago that I’d have seven children, I wouldn’t have believed you. And if you’d said my future would...
7 Of The Worst Things You Could Say To Adoptive Parents
Some years ago, one of my son’s schoolteachers learned she and her husband had successfully navigated an often-tortuous process and could become adoptive parents....
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My Sweet Baby Girl With Down Syndrome Fought For Life And Won
Although we'd had nine months to plan for unmediated vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC) all-natural water birth of my fifth and final baby at...
My Egg Donor ‘Twin’ Even Had The Same Fertility Problems – We Thought We...
It never really occurred to me that it would be difficult to have a baby. Getting pregnant is just one of...
5 Ways To Create A Bedtime Routine For Toddlers
Why is a bedtime routine for toddlers so important? Indeed, why is bedtime so difficult when you have toddlers?That’s easy. It is because they...
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… TRH The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge
Their daily lives might be a world away from ours but being a parent has its challenges no matter who you are. TRH The...
Can Surrogacy Ever Escape The Taint Of Global Exploitation?
Surrogate motherhood has a bad rep, as a murky business far removed from everyday experience – especially when it comes to prospective parents from...
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
She was Britain’s poster-girl for the London 2012 Olympics and the nation celebrated as she won gold in the heptathlon. Dame Jessica...