Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

Whether you’re adopting, fostering or using a gestational carrier, Motherly walks you through every step of the process. You’ve got this, mama.

Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

I had to return my adopted baby when the birth parents changed their mind (twice)

I was heartbroken and my hopes were shattered.

Adoption

How I adopted my son—and fought to become his mama

We traveled by air and past oil rigs to visit the right offices. We sat in an intense courtroom proceeding with a magistrate and lawyer, nervously answering the court's questions.

Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

This film sheds human light on the surrogacy boom in the U.S.—specifically, in Boise, Idaho

Made in Boise compassionately tracks four women navigating surrogacy—and it's well worth streaming.

This Is Birth

This is birth: The amazing story of a surrogate and the family she carried 4 children for

Watch now.

Pregnancy

A powerful surrogacy story: This mama’s twin carried her twin babies

Whitney Bliesner's twin sister is her BFF and her surrogate.

Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

To my children’s birth mom: You have given me the two greatest gifts of all

Because of you, you made me a mom.

Adoption

Nurse adopts the NICU preemie who didn’t have a single visitor for 5 months

"In the moment (I) knew she needed and deserved every ounce of love I had to give her," says Smith.

Celebrity News

Andy Cohen just welcomed a baby boy! 🎉

And he's got a sweet family name.

Celebrity News

Kim Kardashian confirms she is expecting a baby boy! 🎉

That's no. 4 for Kim and Kanye.

Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

7 phrases NOT to say to an adoptive family—and what to say instead

6. "How are your own/real children handling your adoption/foster care?"

Adoption

This viral video shows the beauty of adoption-and will make you 😭

"We are now one family and all of that is because Brandy made a brave, selfless, beautiful decision," says Heather Dickerson.

Celebrity News

Sandra Bullock wants people to stop saying ‘my adopted child’

"Let just say, 'our children,'" Bullock says.