Forum: Adoption after a Loss

I've had a file in China since Sept 2006 for a baby girl and am currently 23 weeks pg. I have a 2 year old son and always wanted a daughter and grieved the loss of this adopted daughter that I was supposed to go get around April-May of next year (I'm due in April 2012) I especially grieved the...

Hi ladies I thought I would just give an update for anyone who is still lurking around. Well after 15 years of ttc, DH and I were finally approved to adopt 1 or 2 children aged 0-4 years old in December. We were matched immediately with a 2 year old girl and also possibly her newborn...

Hi all, I am 39 and my husband is 43. We can't get pregnant on our own so we tried IVF starting last March. It worked. Or so we thought. 2 beautiful heartbeats at the 6 week mark. By 10 weeks, they were both gone. This just happened 2 weeks ago. While I know some of you have gone through...

Me and my dh have decided to do adoption and been thinking about it for many years due to me being a unexplained recurrent missed miscarriage patient and other early losses - i have just had my 10th missed miscarriage babys hb stopped on thursday and i go in hospital on tuesday for a d&c...

I just found this board, but I see that no one has posted in quite a while... My DH and I are *hoping* to adopt soon... we are matched and emom is due in January. We've gone through IF, m/c, and the stillbirth of our baby boy this past May. We had already started the adoption process when I...

Hi - I haven't posted on FT in a few years. I used to post regularly on the IF boards and occasionally on the Loss boards. I suffered a second trimester miscarriage (very unusual) on September 14, 2000 at 16 weeks gestation. Yes - that's right...nine years ago. Gabriel was our one and only...

My husband and I have been thru many years of fertiltiy issues. Last fall we did IVF and were successful. Unfortunatly due to complications our son was born premature and passed away shortly after birth. It has been 5 months and I have had so many emotions. Sometimes I just feel so empty. I wanted...

Hi ladies I think I just need to off-load a bit of reflection at the moment and I'm not really sure how I'm feeling. In a few weeks time it will be the due date from my last pregnancy. Several other people were pg at the same time (just for a change), with a similar due date and I don't want...

Sorry I haven't been around much. Please update when you can. :hug:

I have very high FSH, husband has low sperm count. We finally have accepted that having our own childern is just not in the cards for us. I am getting excited about adoption, yet there is this lingering sadness about how I thought things would be (pregnancy being the most difficult thing to move...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEEEEEEE your new avatar :):):):) Seriously~thanks for the smile :smileyh:

I am currently waiting to be matched with a BM. My RE told me that IVF is the only option I have left in having biological children. Is it wrong to want to do IVF while waiting for a match? I would love to have both biological and adoptive children. Has anyone ever done both at the same time? I...

hi everyone, The changes around here have left me feeling so sad...so forgotten. I realize that things happened (even though I'm not really sure what,) that sparked the need for a change, but I'm just feeling sad wondering why I wasn't remembered or asked to come along. Sigh :( Always, but...

I was just able to get online for the first time today but wanted to tell you your sweet baby boy was on my mind . :hug: Wishing Cole was here with you celebrating his Birthday. :hug:

Well I gave in and phoned our LA today as I was fed up with having a stress about not hearing back from our SW. It turns out our SW is still off sick so that explains the lack of response. I asked if this SW was set to be our ongoing SW and they confirmed that another SW would be allocated after...

Happy 3rd Birthday Ella!! :bday4: :blowhorn: :bday4: :blowhorn: :bday4: :blowhorn: I can't believe what a big girl you are!! :smileyh: Tell your Mommy we need to some new pictures!! XOXO, M&M+L :)

Hey! My name is ruba i'm doing a school project about adoption and I need help doing a questionnaire so if can help me by answering some questions about your adoption it will be very helpful. so please contact me on my email address: rorolove_14@hotmail.com thank you :)

Your sweet Mallory is in my thoughts today and always. :hug: :hug:

Poor Aldi, we don't have may toddlers in my immediate neighborhood. When Owen was little, he had a wealth of playmates at that age. Anyway, I was talking to the only lady I know with a little one, ( her youngest is only 9 months older) and she invited me over today to hang out with her and 2...

How did everyone make it through? Gemma? How did you do?

Just thought I would pop by and say hi. How are you all? This time of year can bring up tons of emotions. Sending hugs all round. Gem xx

I feel like a broken record at the moment but just need to vent. We had our first initial social worker visit 2 weeks ago to see if we can apply formally. Our original sw couldn't make it because she was ill which was a real shame and we had a real jobsworth turn up who I didn't take to at all. ...

I just read Cole's autopsy. For the first time. And I'm confused. And really, really wondering if I made the right decision...to see how much his little body parts weighed makes me feel like I let this horrible, gruesome thing be done to my boy. And from what I think I'm understanding it just says...