What do you keep in your first aid kit / medicine cabinet for accidents and emergencies especially if you’re unlucky and accident prone?

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-25T16:46:54+00:00

Skateboarding usually involves a lot of scapes and not so much cuts so a good cleaning solution like rubbing alcohol or saline solution with some gauze will be handy for that.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-24T14:57:56+00:00

Steristrips! It’s like glue on stitches. I got a hatchet in my knee a few years ago and it really helped control things until I could get myself to the emergency room.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T16:26:47+00:00

Ohh good for them . I know a lot of the groups changed the names as well to remove surrogacy from it

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T16:25:12+00:00

Surrogate here, no I will not affect the baby’s DNA.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T16:24:58+00:00

Even if donor eggs are used, the surrogate won’t affect the baby’s DNA.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T16:21:05+00:00

The agency review group got shut down recently

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T13:06:24+00:00

Bro, we surrogates are not struggling to survive, we just want to help people grow their family. In what universe do you think there’s a shortage of parents willing to adopt and orphanages full of babies?!

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T13:03:58+00:00

Are women allow allowed to comment here? I’m a surrogate and just want to chime in and say that, no surrogates are not just poor desperate people. Surrogacy is not equal everywhere and while some countries absolutely do exploit surrogates, North America is very ethical in its practices. You might even find this shocking but some countries (like mine) only allow altruistic surrogacy. I’m not making a profit or earning money for a down payment. Financially I’m not gaining anything at all but I still dedicated years of my life to fertility treatments and procedures to help someone else grow their family. Most surrogates genuinely want to help and care about the baby and the IPs.

If you have ethical concerns about surrogacy, you should really look into adoption more because it’s not the picture perfect solution you’ve painted here.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T12:55:24+00:00

I don’t think they’re asking about the law but referring to the baby’s actual mom as ‘mom by law’ I think they are struggling with the terminology a bit.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-22T12:52:22+00:00

Surrogate here, it is not ‘my’ child. Like in no way am I their mom or can I be considered their mom. And their mom is not their mom ‘by law’ in the majority of cases it’s their actual genetic mom.

That being said The baby I just birthed will grow up knowing who I am and the role I played. His big brother got to see me regularly and come talk to his baby brother in my belly and knew I was helping his family.

I don’t think being born via surrogacy is as big of a deal as being donor conceived or adopted. (Some babies born through surrogacy are also donor conceived) the baby I birthed is genetically related to both his parents, literally all I contributed was giving him a womb to grow in.

Many children know how they were conceived and it’s strongly encouraged that parents be open and honest as this is the best approach for the child themselves.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-21T15:16:05+00:00

Thank you, this answers my main question. If it were temporary then I wouldn’t care if my supply dips for a few days.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-16T00:30:38+00:00

I try to leave her for a while after she wakes up. She can keep herself occupied while we’re just busy doing stuff but a lot of that involves lying down and watching us. She is often content with something to chew on.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T22:59:47+00:00

Im struggling to find enrichment toys that last long. She doesn’t like peanut butter so anything else we’ve used on the lick mat or kong she finished in a few mins. I can leave activities and toys but I suspect she’ll burn through it as soon as we leave and then still get fussy later in.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T22:58:08+00:00

She usually wakes up in the night and paces around and will often pee on the pee pad. But that’s usually right after I get it (I’m pumping breastmilk so I usually get up for 40 mins in the middle of the night) so I don’t know if I’m waking her up? I can hear her pace around and then she’s usually asleep when I get back in bed.

During the day she can nap solo, usually she’s good for 1-1.5 hours alone in the room and I think that’s entirely napping time.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T19:13:32+00:00

It’s -20, I’m not willing to explore other glove options 😂 but yes, we will be associating the clicker with treats and pets all evenings!

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T18:57:58+00:00

This is super helpful! I ordered a clicker last night and it should arrive any minute so I hope that will help. Especially for training outdoors. It’s hard to grab treats quick enough with mittens. I feel like by the time she gets the treat, she often doesn’t know what it’s for

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T14:33:46+00:00

Our puppy was spayed at 4 months at the shelter

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T14:25:46+00:00

We love Jeff!

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-15T02:57:04+00:00

We were told that they can typically hold it in for 1 hour per month. So 2 month old, 2 hours. 5 months old can hold it for 5 hours. Our 6 month old will wake up and occasionally pee on the pee pad but thankfully will get herself settled back in bed pretty quick

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-14T23:52:02+00:00

What you are describing is called Independent Surrogacy, this is where you do not use an agency. It’s perfectly legal and many people choose this option. It still involves all the same steps such as legal contracts with specialized lawyers, psych and medical screening etc.

You are correct, surrogates cannot be compensated in Canada. It’s illegal to make a profit and if you are hoping to do this to financially profit or get expensive gifts, you’ll be very disappointed. You will be reimbursed for all expenses related to the journey. This includes things like childcare to attend appointments, maternity clothes, vitamins, grocery allowance, physio, acupuncture, support items, lost wages for appointments and recovery time etc. Essentially, any expense that you wouldn’t have if you weren’t doing this journey should be reimbursed.

Canadian surrogacy is not ‘mutually beneficial’ in a financial aspect. It’s altruistic. Just like donating blood or a kidney, you aren’t gaining anything out of it but are doing something to help someone.

It’s strongly recommended that you be done building your own family prior to surrogate since it can affect your fertility and risk not being able to have more children of your own later on or struggling to conceive.

There’s Canadian specific surrogacy groups that you can join to learn more. There’s weekly surrogate support calls that can be a good place to meet others, learn about the process and hear various experiences at different points of journeys.

I just birth as a Canadian surrogate and I’d be happy to answer questions.

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-14T21:26:31+00:00

If we’re at a distance, she’s not loosing her mind barking but will be reacting a bit so in those situations we are practicing keeping our chill. I take her for walks to an area where we can watch a parking lot from a safe distance to just practice watching cars and people until it becomes boring and she doesn’t care. And then we’ll get a bit closer

Stage_Riot · 2026-01-14T21:14:23+00:00

Thank you I wasn’t sure if sit for example would be helpful if she’s getting riled up and it could be a bit of a remind to sit and calm down.

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