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I'm was adopted...having fears & need an ear & voi...

I'm 25yrs old now & have my birth mom, but was adopted by my step dad. I never knew my biological father...

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What do you think i should do?

Okay i know that in most people's lives we make mistakes. Am i right? Anyways, one of my biggest mistakes was...

Posted by eagle2011

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My sister is adopted. I want to help.

Hello! I am 19 years old and still live at home. My parents adopted a 4 yr old last November. Because I am still...

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Hello .... want to adopt

Hi. I have been thinking about adoption for a while. I have not been able to get my husband on board. I wanted...

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Pregnant and thinking about giving up

Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this so if not I'd appreciate any references. I am 5...

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in addition to the foster- I was contacted about a...

last week I was contacted by a casual friend's 16 year old daughter. T is pregnant and concidering an...

Vicky(33), married 10+ years, no children. Fought (and lost) infertility for all 10 years. Moving on to adoption, currently in process of being licensed with DFS of Missouri to foster.

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A future adoptive dad's take on Adoption and foste...

I asked my husband to write a blog post on his feelings about adoption and foster care. This is what he said....

Vicky(33), married 10+ years, no children. Fought (and lost) infertility for all 10 years. Moving on to adoption, Currently in Foster care training with DFS.

Posted by fiannakyn

I asked my husband to write a blog post on his feelings about adoption and foster care. This is what he said.

So the question was posed to me, how do I feel about adoption and foster care? This really made me sit down and think about it. Honestly, if you had told me even a few years ago that this would be something that I would be considering I probably would have told you that was crazy talk. I've just always assumed that I would have my own children, and that would be that. When it began to look like that wasn't going to be possible, I thought about adoption. A typical closed adoption of an infant is really no different to me than having a child of my own. Yeah, there will be a few things extra to discuss with the child, but overall its still what I was expecting. Then it was suggested I look in to the fostering and/or adoption through the county. How I felt was apprehensive. It really kind of frightens me, because I am not sure what sort of abuse or neglect these children have had to deal with. I worry that I am not skilled or experienced enough at parenting to cope with a child that really needs a good parent. That was how I felt at first, as I read more and have taken some time to think about it I'm not as scared about the whole ordeal. I realized that all parents worry about not being good parents to their children. They all worry about whether they are skilled enough or "ready" to be a parent. Now, I'm anxious and excited at the same time. I realize that what I am trying to do will make a difference to at least one child out there. Instead of having a child of my own, I have elected to try and help other with their children. Its important work, and it makes me feel almost like I'm being a superhero swooping in to help a family in need. I know that it will be a lot of hard work, but everything that's worth doing is hard work. This is where I stand right now heading in to the prospect of becoming a foster or adoptive parent.View Thread

Vicky(33), married 10+ years, no children. Fought (and lost) infertility for all 10 years. Moving on to adoption, Currently in Foster care training with DFS.

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Where to Begin?

Hi, I'm Danielle. I am active on the infertility treatment board and DH and I have struggled with infertility...

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fost/adoption

Hi My name is Mary and I'm a stay at home mom of three kids! My hubby and I are currently going thru...

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Special-needs adoption

I am trying to adopt a special needs child currently, and have never adopted before, though I do have two...

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New to Adopting

My husband and I want to adopt a child. We have a son but cant have anymore. Does anyone know the process for...

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My Sister in law

Hi I am trying to sort some things out in my mind and I could use some advise. We were contacted by a woman...

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Adoption issues

Hey all I'm new here. I started reading these posts till i seen kl24's post. I was contacted by this woman...

Posted by jimmy1968

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Where to start researching?

I just read all the posts here, and want to thank all who shared their amazing stories (and best wishes to...

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Adoption story

Hello all. Vicki wanted my adoption story and I'm not good at remembering or e-mailing it so...I figured I...

Posted by FrmGirl

Hello all. Vicki wanted my adoption story and I'm not good at remembering or e-mailing it so...I figured I would share it here!

My husband and I were married in April 2005. I have a family history of fertility problems so we started ttc right away. We never were able to conceive so we saw an RE in Dec 2006 and I was diagnosed with PCOS. I took metformin, clomid and we were considering IVF (my re wanted to skip IUI) but I had to have my gallbladder removed. We took a break from ttc and three months later I was preggo but I m/c very early with a blighted ovum. We really started considering adoption at that time. In December of 2007 I got pregnant again with our son, Jude. We were so excited! I carried him for 23 weeks and 5 days. The doctors never figured out why my water broke or why I went into preterm labor. He was flown to Cardinal Glennon Hospital where he lived for 10 days. He died on May 31, 2008 in my husbands arms. We waited for until December 2008 to start the adoption process. We were afraid at first that people would think that we were trying to forget Jude since we were going through the process so soon after his death. But everyone understood. We wanted to be parents. We happened to apply at the right time b/c no one else had applied. We started our process in December and were done with it in April of 2009. We opted for an open adoption if that is what the birth mother wanted. So we made a profile for the birth mother to see and waited. We were told of a few babies that could possibly be matched up with us but the birth mothers chose other families. Finally on March 2, 2010 we were told that a baby boy was born to a mother that didn't know who the father was and didn't want to choose the parents. She had an emergency c-section and didn't even want to know what the sex of the child was. The ob nurses named him Jason. They asked if we would consider taking him b/c he might have fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We said let me think about it YES!!!!! There was no thinking involved. On March 10 we went and had our Placement Ceremony. It was then that the baby was given to us. We changed his name to Gabriel. We are now waiting for our lawyer to call us with a court date b/c our 6 month waiting period is over (we had to wait an additional 45 days due to the birth mother now knowing who the father was). All we have to do now is go to court and finalize the adoption!!

We are soooo excited!!!

Anyway...that is my story....

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taking the plunge into adoption via DFS

I just made the call to the local DFS office to get information sent to me about adopting via the foster...

Posted by fiannakyn

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Eligibility question

Hi, I'm new to this board and I have a question. DH and I have two healthy biological children, but we are...

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Hello...again

Hi ladies, I just wanted to say a quick hello and thanks to KL24 for starting this group again. It was not...

Posted by tsimmons4

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finding biological parents

about 11 years old a dream came true for me. I had registered at a matching site for adopted kids and...

Posted by navywife32000

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Hello!

Well it looks like this group was deleted when they switched to the new format. So I thought I would revive it. I...

Posted by KL24

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