This is great. I love this Harry and Draco, this world is so good :)
I've been wondering about Harry's snake, I can get that she isn't essential to this story for now, but I really would like to know how she reacts and acts around a small child and if Maia will be able to learn how to speak to snakes.

Xoxo

Beautifully done. My child is a year younger than yours and now we are entering a new scary and trying stage...puberty. So you'll need to revisit the series and show us Harry and Draco coping with that. Lol!

I had no idea men could suffer from post natal depression. None at all!

Wow, you capture so well the experience I knew to be post partum depression. Mine was so severe we decided to stop at one child after I was successfully treated.

In this series you did an amazing job of writing a tale I could so completely identify with it is scary. My childhood was a huge appalling mess, so I can also identify with what Harry is feeling in having no solid frame of reference. The big difference though, is that I did enjoy all the stages of early childhood. But I was exhausted and afraid and mentally unwell to deal with myself. I'd had a bad labor and was physically unwell which exacerbated it all. If I'd had a surrogate I might have been fine. Or not. I'll never know.

*sniffles*
So, that was sad... It ends real though. Ok for now is pretty much the truth of being a grown up.

I've suffered through depressions since I was 12 years old, but it wasn't until I was 28 that it came to a head. I knew I was stressed with my job, my belief system was getting an overhaul, and we'd moved to a new state where I hadn't made any friends yet. But I had no idea I wasn't "alright" until I found myself standing in the backroom at work with a box cutter in my hand wondering if it was sharp enough... it's amazing how depression can sneek up on you. That section of this story really struck home for me.

A very nice job with this story and dealing with these issues. You handled it really well, especially for the relatively low word count.

That's true. No one can guarantee that they'll be happy forever. Relationships take time and patience. It's not all roses and pink-tinted glasses. But they made it through the first rough patch. That's all they can really ask for.

I hope they can get a proper little date.

Wow ... That's a perfect way to get Harry to 'release'. Just have him completely and totally relaxed.

Oh, Harry. Just ... Oh Harry.

I'm glad that they finally got all the words out although it breaks my heart that it had to get to that point before they spoke about it.

Jesus Christ, poor Harry. I really hope he gets better. With all their money they can easily afford some help, which they should have done for a few hours a day.

I think that's their problem. They've been trying to do this all on their own without much help or breaks.

I suppose with Harry always being at home at the moment he feels a lot more stressed. But, maybe after this he will think a little more. I mean, if he can ditch them for a lunch with Ginny, some fondling is hardly that time consuming.

Ah, I do feel sad when relationships become strained like theirs is. It's so upsetting for Harry to start questioning their relationship. Up until this point it's just been them. They're transitioning into being parents, that's a huge step.

Ah, I thought this was going to be mpreg but I'm intrigued by the surrogate. Not many people go down that route.