***str8ota***

lovesinthehouse

I didn't realize you were adopting! That's exciting! Fill me in!

str8ota

I keep teasing h about our own version of Irish twins!  Actually if this pregnancy does happen (please God!) then our profile will be put on hold for a year from the day the baby is born.  Right before our 5th pregnancy we started working with 2 adoption agencies, an out-of-state Native-American agency (h is N-A and they waive a lot of the fees...if we lived where h grew up the adoption for a N-A baby would be free...except for the $20 for the birth certificate!) and Catholic Social Services.  When we found out I was pregnant in November we decided to still move forward with the adoption process and then the pregnancy ended up being ectopic which in a way made both agencies aware that I can get pregnant, I just can't stay pregnant.  We are not officially signed with either agency (N-A won't until everything is turned in and CSS was not accepting new clients for actually adopting until just last week because they were changing their fee rates) which is why we have not told them about this pregnancy, we'll wait until after the 1st tri.  Right now CSS is handling our home studies and this Friday is our 3rd (and possibly last!), plus we start our adoption classes this Saturday and next Saturday (16 hours total) and hopefully we will be approved by the end of this month or early April.  Once approved then we send all the info to the N-A agency (home visits & classes taken are the last items; background checks, fingerprinting, health physicals and references have already been completed) and move forward.  I'm trying to be positive about my pregnancy it's just history has made me skeptical and both h and I know we want more than one child and even if things do go well it does not mean we will have more successful pregnancies, so we?re covering all of our bases no matter what it takes to complete our family.  Whew, sorry that? so long!!!

lovesinthehouse

That is great! I am really really excited for you - both for this (prayerfully) sticky baby and your future child(ren) through adoption. I appreciate you taking the time to fill me in and type all of that out! I will be praying for a healthy, uneventful pregnancy and for just the right little person that you didn't birth to make their way to your family when the time is right. All very, very exciting!

str8ota

Thanks, I really appreciate that!  We just keep praying that everything happens sooner than later.  I know once I hold our babies in my arm, it won't matter how they got to us, just that they are here.  It's the years of waiting and trying that has me saying "really, how much longer must we wait?!"

lovesinthehouse

str8ota:

It's the years of waiting and trying that has me saying "really, how much longer must we wait?!"

That is totally and completely understandable. But you're right, once you have them in your arms, it won't matter. You'll be so overjoyed!