Introductions

Replies:

• 
• by
  • iamboysgirl
  on Oct. 23, 2007 at 10:18 AM
• Hey "decatur"!
  We DO have a lot in common.  I'm currently receiving e-mails from my BBC TTC friends... but I'm just telling htem I'm taking a break because I feel like I don't fit in anymore.  They are so sweet and kind... they "get" wanting a baby, but most of them don't "get" being told "you will likely never get pregnant again."  They are all trying and most are already pg.  And most are younger... I'm 41... so our interests are different, on top of the ttc thing.
  
  Anyway, I hear you about your DH... I'm very open... he's got parameters.  We'll get there.  We are waiting on a few home rennovations before the Maryland Health Department can inspect the house and we can get our home study complete.  This truly feels like "THE LONGEST WAIT."  Trying hard not to get discouraged... 
      

• 
• by
  • fire_wife
  on Oct. 24, 2007 at 11:07 PM
• I haven't read through all of the introductions yet, but here's mine!
  
  I'm Christi and hubby is Mike.  We've been married 12 years and trying that long to become parents.  We've done it all... IVF several times, etc.  I've had 2 Endometriosis surgeries.  We've been in the books for over 3 months with our agency, IAC.  We haven't had any contacts through IAC yet.  We had one "almost" situation through Project Cuddle.  We can't wait to be parents!  I look forward to getting to know everyone!
  
  Christi

• 
• by
  • Taiwankido2
  on Nov. 1, 2007 at 4:16 PM
• Hi,
  I am Sarah Hitzfelder. We adopted a year ago from Taiwan. Our son, Jeremiah, then 12 mo 2 weeks, is now 2 years old and happy go lucky wonder of our life. We are adopting a second time from Taiwan, through private adoption or Heartsent. I am here to help counsel, direct, listen, reply, ask, laugh, cry... you name it... I am here to help. Our first adoption only took 6 months from app to pick up, and now the process has slowed down a little so we are looking at a little different ball game in sorts. We have not started our homestudy yet... although last time we did 3 homestudies.. we were in domestic for over a year, then in foster adopt with one failed adoption, then onto International starting in Vietnam and because the program was not working well yet.. we moved to Taiwan where we waited under a month for our referral. We have done the required foster/adopt classes, studied intercultural adoption, done an online course and all sorts of stuff. So, now we will do our homestudy again (since we moved recently) and then get in line in Taiwan.....
  Before the adoption world, we were TTC for 4 1/2 years to the outcome of one miscarriage which we call him/her Christian. We were PCOS, which is gone now due to Accupuncture and herbs. We are now unexplained TTC but are perfectly happy with adopting wondeful children into our hearts.
  Sarah k
  Sarah k.

• 
• by
  • JanDayATL
  on Nov. 4, 2007 at 11:30 PM
• Hi there.  I'm Jan, married to Larry.
  
  I have been waiting to start the adoption process because my husband wasn't ready.  He has been so positive and focused on IF treatment working.  But things have changed.  He is now ready to explore building our family through adoption.
  We would like to have more than one child, because we both treasure our relationships with our siblings and want that for our children.  Adoption seems to be the right way to help us build our family.
  He is very worried about open adoption, but I am confident the more he learns about it, the more he will get comfortable and will be on board. 
  
  The Jewish Agency here will work with us, but we have to wait until we have been married 3 years, that's in May, so we're going to see what we can do in the meantime to be ready.

• 
• by
  • mygirl1
  on Nov. 6, 2007 at 7:59 PM
• Hi everyone Iam 37 and so is my hubby we are married 9yrs  and had trouble getting pregnant we did do invitro and it worked have a almost 3yr old but we did have complications  i had placenta previa which grew into my uterus  and they could not stop the bleeding so did a partial hysterectomy. So  now we are looking  into adoption. we did the homestudy  we have a lawyer and we have been advertising for 6 months  and only ahd 1 phone call.  I wish everyone that is doing this all the best in the world . If it was not for people wanting to adopt think of all those poor child without  a loving home and people to call family.
  
  
  
  

• 
• by
  • deemom2b
  on Nov. 18, 2007 at 8:52 PM
• Hi.  My name is Dee Dee.  My husband and I have been trying to have a child for almost two years.  We went through all the testing early because I was having major issues with my cycle.  As is turns out, I am not able to even have kids and we started the adoption process this summer.  We officially finished our homestudy on September 12 and are not waiting to get picked.  It is a daunting process, but one that I hope will not take too long.  It has been less than three months now and it already feels like an eternity.  I just have to have faith that God will bring around the right situation and I hope it will not take that long.:)

• 
• by
  • Kiah5205
  on Nov. 19, 2007 at 8:02 PM
• Hi my name is Tammi 40 and husband is Mike 45 we have an adopted daughter from Kazakhstan and she is now 2 1/2 years old, we were truly blessed with her.  We started the adoption process from the US thru a law firm out of California and were matched in 3 months with a bm in Florida, again we are blessed.  The new baby is due beginning of March, the bm is amazing, beautiful and confident in her decision to place this baby with our family, and we talk almost every day.  She is my angle that will help us complete our family.  I have my moments that I fear the bm will change her mind, but she assures me that this baby is meant to be in our family.  We pray every day that the new baby will be healthy and the bm will be able to truly know we were the right match for him/her. 

• 
• by
  • bizkit_fanky
  on Nov. 24, 2007 at 9:26 PM
• hey girls nice to meet ya. My  name is Delia Im 30 and my hubby is 33.. We had planned on waiting to start a family.. But took the foster classes anyway. I was kinda weary of it.. But it was soooooooo worth it.. We had been approved for about 6 months, and got a call one night for a placement for a lil 8 month old girl, who was in bad need of a home... So...... after taking one look at her we were both smitten and couldnt say no.. It was a longg process tho, we were scared to death she would be going home..Soo after her moms rights were terminated, we filled out the paper-work for adoption.. And that took like a year or so.. Now she is 3, and we couldn't be happier.. She is still a bit tiny, but is gradually catching up.. We closed our home after we got her adoped, I just cant go thru that again.. Dh and I both decided  if we have anymore kids in our home, I will be the one to have them...

• 
• by
  • julb8605
  on Apr. 21, 2008 at 6:18 PM
• Hi!  I'm Julie and my husband is Mike.  We're both 25.  TTC for over 2 years before we found out I was allergic to Mike.  Crazy I know.  We had the choice of IVF but I teach in a Catholic school and would definitely lose my job.  So we decided to look into adoption instead.  We finished up our homestudy about 2 months ago and just signed with a facilitator 2 weeks ago.  So now we wait.  It's nice to be able to talk to other people who are going through the same thing right now!  :)

• 
• by
  • dmbuccim
  on May. 27, 2008 at 5:00 PM
• Hi, I'm Denise and hubby and I have been married for 7 years.  We did the whole infertility thing for 5 years, after NUMEROUS failed attempts.  Last year we completed our home study and are adopting though the Canadian Children's Aid Society (the equivalent of Child Protection Services).
  We have been presented with 4 newborns but haven't brought any home....we are waiting for our babies to come home and this wait is even worse than the infertility part!

Only CafeMom members can reply to this post.

Join Group