by QP Admin | Apr 17, 2023 | New Family, Newborn
My husband and I are parents to three wonderful young humans.My husband and I are parents to three wonderful young humans. We are both cisgender, heterosexual people who had never really spent much time wondering about the sex of our children and how we would go on...
by QP Admin | Nov 10, 2022 | LGBT Family, New Family, Queer Families, Queer Stories
I always knew I wanted to be a mummaI am J, living in South West England with my wife N and our 2 beautiful girls.I always knew I wanted to be a mumma, we began our fertility journey in 2015 with a visit to our local fertility clinic’s open evening, it was mind...
by QP Admin | Apr 11, 2022 | New Family
TW: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse As a young teen, I was groomed and sexually abused. I don’t want to go into too much detail but the man who abused me would talk about my “budding breasts” as he grabbed and twisted at my barely there chest....
by QP Admin | Dec 23, 2021 | LGBT Family, New Family, Newborn, Postnatal, Queer Families
Gift giving to expecting families can be a bit daunting. There are many products that exist that do a really good job at convincing us that raising a child is impossible without it! However, the truth of the matter is that there is one time-tested gift that is...
by QP Admin | Sep 3, 2021 | LGBT Family, New Family, Queer Families, Queer Stories
“R you have to accept that you’re pregnant” my friend E (they/them) told me after I’d gotten 4 positive pregnancy tests. At the time that I found out I might be pregnant my whole life had been turned upside down. Me and my (now ex) partner had split up and I had moved...
by QP Admin | Aug 5, 2021 | LGBT Family, New Family, Queer Families, Queer Stories
This is a series blog about how our journey to creating a family began, how we decided to bring children into our family. Why we choose the path of child birth rather then adoption. As well as transitioning not letting this stop us. Firstly I will introduce us....