Adoption
New Here! -- Intro
Hello All!
I've been lurking here for a month or so and thought I should finally introduce myself. My husband & I have recently decided to initiate the foster process and possibly adoption process. My husband & I have been married for a year and a half and have always known we would foster/adopt someday. Does anyone have any experience with the foster system in North Dakota? I have learned so much already from reading your posts and thought I'd finally step in and introduce myself! I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!
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Re: New Here! -- Intro
DD conceived with no issues, but born at 33 weeks due to PPROM
loss #1-06/2010 loss #2-2/2011 loss #3-5/2011
07/2011 dx with a Balanced Translocation
9/2011-decided on domestic infant adoption 10/2011-signed with an agency and getting ready for homestudy
12-2012-after being with our agency over a year and only shown to EM once we decided to talk with RE about DEIVF. Thru a crazy sequence of events we decided to go for it and we picked a donor MUCH quicker than anticipated
1/13/2013-started lupron with anticipated transfer in mid Feb.
ER 2/15 resulted in 15 eggs/10M/6F with ICSI.
2/18 transferred 1-8cell and 1-9cell embie. Snuggle in little embies.
positive on HPT 6dp3dt. Could this really be IT?!?! Beta 14dp3dt=2440. U/S scheduled for 3/20.
Welcome and Good Luck!
My husband and I are working with an agency that does foster care, adoption from foster care, and domestic infant adoption. We are almost finished with the classes and paperwork to be approved for infant adoption or adoption from foster care.
Welcome! We are in ND, but we are going through Lutheran Social Services/The Village - Adoption Option. I have a friend though that does Foster Care. Depending on where you are at in ND you just call directly to the foster care contact in the county you are in. If you are in Cass County I have the contact information for you, just let me know!
One thing about ND that sucks is that the adoption and foster care are on 2 separate, but parallel sets of laws. For example, once we are registered/completed with all of our adoption classes/background checks etc, we can not use that to do foster care. You have to go through the whole process separately for foster care. The nice thing about foster care though, is that they help you get through all of that at no cost to you. Also, the required classes you have to take are available on the internet or a DVD now, so you don't have to take time off of work to go attend a 2 day class like we did....
Good luck and if you need anything just "page" me on here! (to "page" some one, just right a post with their name in the subject line)
Dx PCOS 2003/high fasting insulin/clotting issues DH Dx with low sperm count, motility and morphology. Varicocele repair (11/1/2010)
2/2011 - Confirmed no improvement - On to Donor Sperm
4 failed IUIs in 2010
IUI#5 and 6- with DS, BFN
Final IUI - Lucky #7! IUI with DS - 20.Jun.2011 - 21.5 mil motile! Not so lucky - BFFN and the end of our IF journey....
Waiting for our family to be complete through Adoption - May 2012 - Hoping our baby finds us soon!
Adoptive daughter born 08/07/13... growing so fast
BM due again end of March 2015 so any day!
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Hello & Welcome.
My DH and I were approved for foster/adopt this summer. We live in VA so I am sure there are plenty of differences. We've had two respite stays to "get our feet wet" and our agency has shared info about a couple different sibling groups so far.
Best wishes.
Welcome! My hubby and I are also going through the foster process. The ladies here are so helpful.
Good luck!