February - Introduce yourself!

britters314

If you're new to the boards and / or have been lurking for a while, please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you so we can get to know you! No judgement here regardless of which group you would fall into (adopted / adopting / fostered / fostering / placed a child, etc).

WitandWhimsy

Hi everyone. I frequent the TTGP boards every now and then but DH and I decided to go the route of domestic adoption for 2017/2018 -- depending how long it takes . We have been TTC for over 2 years and our only option is IVF -- it's just not for us.

DH and I have been looking into adoption through our foster care system in our province -- I'm hoping to hear back from them sometime next week to learn more. We were originally on a call back list for a private agency to attend a seminar in April, but I'm pulling more towards public adoption. I'm really excited and nervous to start this process.

britters314

@WitandWhimsy Welcome! I hope you hear back soon and can start the process of adoption! Just a tip - if you don't hear back soon, don't feel bad calling again. I had contacted multiple agencies and didn't hear anything back until I finally got the phone number of the person in charge at one of them. It was about a month of just trying to get contact.

KirstenCas

Hi! I'm moving over from the infertility boards. We've been trying IVF for the better part of last year and were told in December that my AMH is 0 so we are going the adoption route. We've decided on a  private infant adoption through a local lawyer who specializes in adoption. I was lucky to find a wonderful counselor after my IVF failures who had basically had the same experience and decided on adoption too. She has been a wonderful resource! We won't be able to start the process until May because we just bought a house that we will close on in April and then will have a home study. I'm really excited!