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mclaugh

Hello eveyrone,

 I have been lurking for a few weeks.  My husband and I have been TTC for 2.5 years.  I am 28 and my husband is 31.  Almost two years ago we had a miscarriage and have not been able to get pregnant since.  We've tried 6 months of treatment (femara, follistim, ovidrel) and all have failed.  Our next step is IVF, but I have never wanted to go that route.  I have a heart murmur (it is minor really), but I worry that maybe I am just not supposed to carry a baby.

 A few months ago, my husband and I started to talk about adoption.  I've always been open to it as I volunteer with children ALL the time and I used to babysit for a family who adopted from India.  My husband was alway very hesitant but after our discussion he took a lot of time to think about it and he said he has been getting signs that this is the right thing to do (thank you National Adoption Month for all of your plugs for awareness). 

 We are just starting this journey but I am so glad to have a place where I can come hear the good and bad and get advice.  We are also building a community of people in our area to help give us insight.

We will be attending our first information session December 5th and hope to pick our agency in the new year.  Since we are young and have never had a child we want to do domestic infant adoption this first time and will likely adopt older our second round.

Thank you for listening to my long story and for sharing your lives on this forum.  I look forward to sharing in your journeys.

Dr.Loretta

Welcome and good luck. I hope you post often!

Sunny1s

Nice to meet you!  Glad you made it here and hope to see you around.  The process is a lot to take in at first so it is very helpful to have a place to come and hear about people in all the different stages of growing their families.

lilmufish

Welcome! 

Many of us have similar stories of infertility and then adoption so please don't hesitate to post your questions or thoughts or fears. This is a great group of ladies who are very supportive.

Keep us updated!

starbuck71

Welcome. This is a great place for support and to get answers.

Good luck!!!!

silliestbunny

Welcome and good luck.   Getting started is so exciting.  There's a great group of women here that are so supportive.  Welcome.

Honeydew1894

Hi and welcome!

jehnm

Welcome!  I'm glad you joined us and I hope to hear more as you move forward with your plans.  We are also doing domestic infant adoption!

beaureve

Welcome! I have only been on here a few weeks, but everyone has been so kind and helpful.