Still waiting...

Last Monday, 2.14, I had an appointment with my Rheumatologist for her to fill out some paperwork for me for the adoption. I also had to sign off to have all my records sent to BCS. By Monday afternoon, BCS had mailed a letter to request more information to my doctor. So, we are just waiting for them to be o.k. with my condition and either ask more questions, or approve us so we can finally move on to the formal application. I'm becoming increasingly more frusterated as I thought this process would move along much faster. I had first hoped to be "paper pregnant" by April but considering next week is already March it's probably going to be closer to Juneish.

I'm starting to really feel for the women out there that have struggled with infertility. I feel like I am walking in their shoes. I am so greatful that I have had the chance to experience being pregnant and giving birth, but at the same time, I long to be able to experience it just once more. There are so many of my friends and family that are eithe pregnant right now or just had babies and as much as I am truly happy for them, it hurts a piece of me at the same time. I hope someday this heartbreak can be healed and when we hold our new baby, that pain will all finally go away. Hopefully my next post will be announcing we are moving on to the next step!!!

Mandatory Adoption Meeting: Complete!

On Thursday, 2/3, we attended the mandatory adoption meeting that BCS offers. The meeting was pretty informal and they even opened the floor up for people to ask questions. We felt really good after the meeting, getting all of our questions answered. One of our major concerns about adoption is a pretty common one. The risk of bringing baby home and having the birth mom have a change of heart and take him/her back. This is a risk that everyone who goes into Domestic adoption is well aware of and seems to be always over our heads. A statistic that they gave us on Thursday regarding this was in 2009 they placed 17 adoptions in the Plymouth office and two of them ended up with the birth mother changing her mind. To me, that is a pretty good statistic. It's something that you have to just leave up to God and know that He is good with everything he does!