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GTKYF: Introduce yourself!
With all the new people, let's just do a basic GTKYF.
Where are you located?
What do you do for a living?
What kind of adoption?
Where are you in the process?
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Re: GTKYF: Introduce yourself!
LOL, i just did a poll above similar to this post, too funny.
Where are you located? Missouri
What do you do for a living? Counselor
What kind of adoption? Foster care to adopt
Where are you in the process? In the middle of PRIDE/STARS training. Hoping to be licenced by the fall.
Where are you located? Maine technically, but we're working on a move back to Boston
What do you do for a living? SAHW (unemployeed, but I used to do environmental management work)
What kind of adoption? DA for this round maybe Foaster adopt for the next
Where are you in the process? waiting, waiting, waiting...
Where are you located? Montana
What do you do for a living? Insurance Account Manager
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Waiting for a match
Where are you located? Southern California
What do you do for a living? Engineering Supervisor at an oil company
What kind of adoption? Kinship, but process similar to Foster/Adopt. I was also adopted by my dad after my parents split (he is the bio father to my two youngest siblings)
Where are you in the process? Finalized, waiting on new birth certificate.
Where are you located? NC
What do you do for a living? Telecommunications for a university
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Brought DD home over two weeks ago. Now awaiting finalization.
PA
communications
Domestic
Wrapping up HS paperwork
Where are you located? Alabama
What do you do for a living? Insurance/Benefits Account Manager
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Matched and awaiting birth
Where are you located? Just outside of Philadelphia, PA
What do you do for a living? Director of Marketing & Communications for a school.
What kind of adoption? Domestic, we hope.
Where are you in the process? Just starting our research, so at the very, very beginning stage.
With all the new people, let's just do a basic GTKYF.
Where are you located? Ohio
What do you do for a living? Treasury
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Trying to finalize our agency decision
Where are you located? New Jersey
What do you do for a living? Stay at Home Mom
What kind of adoption? Foster Care to Adoption
Where are you in the process? We currently have a 3 yr old boy in our care. The case is still very much up in the air. But, we woudl LOVE to adopt him
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Where are you located? Missouri
What do you do for a living? Attorney
What kind of adoption? Will be domestic, but we have not started yet.
Where are you in the process? About one year out from starting. Just doing research for the time being.
BFP 5/9/10. U/S - no heartbeat 6/2/10 (7 weeks). Induced miscarriage 6/7/10.
Chemical pregnancies 12/2/10, 1/3/11, and 2/7/11.
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BFP 3/10/11. EDD 11/19/11. E arrived 11/15/11!
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Where are you located?California
What do you do for a living? Accounting/Finance
What kind of adoption? I completed a semi-open adoption
Where are you in the process? Completed almost 8 years ago
1- Delaware
2- I run a non-medical home care company
3- Closed adoption
4- Waiting finalization
Where are you located? Upstate NY
What do you do for a living? Accountant/CPA
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Awaiting Finalization
Where are you located? Washington State
What do you do for a living? SAHM. But my DH and I have some rental properties that I actually "manage." DH owns his own company.
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Khloe will be 2 in October and we are waiting for the birth of #2.
With all the new people, let's just do a basic GTKYF.
Where are you located? upstate NY
What do you do for a living? English teacher
What kind of adoption? DA
Where are you in the process? will sign with an agency at the end of Aug.
1. North Carolina
2. Work as a services coordinator at a non-traditional high school
3. International, from Ethiopia
4. Submitted our first piece of paperwork today!
Where are you located? Nebraska
What do you do for a living? I'm in the veterinary industry
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Saving $ and researching. We're about 2 years away from applying.
Where are you located?St.Louis
What do you do for a living?flight attendant
What kind of adoption?domestic
Where are you in the process?parent-waiting for finalization in Sept.
Where are you located? Colorado
What do you do for a living? Victim Advocate for the DA's office
What kind of adoption? foster to adopt
Where are you in the process? waiting for the right placement..we've had 3 calls
Where are you located? I'm in Southern California
What do you do for a living? I'm a Microbiologist
What kind of adoption? We've decided on Domestic
Where are you in the process? We just need to get our finances together and then we will be signing with the attorney hopefully by the end of the month!
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
Where are you located? Maryland
What do you do for a living? Currently SAHM. Recently retired from being a Paramedic.
What kind of adoption? I have adopted internationally and undetermined about any other possible adoption.
Where are you in the process? 1 adoption completed and just in the maybe stage for another one.
Oklahoma
Physician
We're still deciding. ?I'd love to do both domestic and international someday--but where to start?
Researching agencies/countries
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With all the new people, let's just do a basic GTKYF.
Where are you located? Wisconsin
What do you do for a living? Special Ed Teacher . . . on hiatus til '10
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? Q came home 2 weeks ago. Finalization in November.
Where are you located? North Dakota
What do you do for a living? Director of Donor Relations & Marketing for a Non Profit & Own my own photography business
What kind of adoption? Domestic
Where are you in the process? 1 Homestudy left and the waiting begins!
Where are you located? Southern CA
What do you do for a living? Owner / Principal Consultant of Event Planning Firm
What kind of adoption? Still researching...
Where are you in the process? Just getting started / sorting it all out
Where are you located? NJ
What do you do for a living? Teacher will be done with my maters in dec too!!
What kind of adoption? DA
Where are you in the process? we are finalized!!!
Where are you located? In NYC's backyard otherwise known as the burbs of NJ.
What do you do for a living?
What kind of adoption? domestic, semi-open in April
Where are you in the process? we have our second post placement home study and hope to finalize in November.
Where are you located? GA
What do you do for a living? 1st Grade Teacher
What kind of adoption? DA
Where are you in the process? We adopted Ben as a newborn. We got the call the day after he was born and took him home from the hospital when he was released. He is 2 years old now. We love the idea of adoption, but we are not going to adopt again for various reasons.
Where are you located? Just outside of Denver, CO
What do you do for a living? I'm a hospital pharmacist. I work in the ICU.
What kind of adoption? Domestic newborn.
Where are you in the process? Just got homestudy approval last week and now we're waiting for a placement.
Where are you located? The Bay Area, California
What do you do for a living? I work in the travel biz
What kind of adoption? Domestic newborn
Where are you in the process? We start our homestudy in 2 weeks. We're busy filling out all the paperwork now.
With all the new people, let's just do a basic GTKYF.
Where are you located? Lancaster, PA
What do you do for a living? I'm an IT Consultant
What kind of adoption? Foster/Adopt
Where are you in the process? Our approval meeting is next Wednesday!
I'm a little late, but it is better than never! ;-)
Where are you located? Columbus, OH
What do you do for a living? High school English teacher
What kind of adoption? We plan on doing a domestic adoption
Where are you in the process? We will be contacting agencies next week to get the process started!! :-)
3 IUI's, 2 IVF's , 1 FET , 1 IVF w/ Gestational Carrier, and 1 FET using adopted embryo's = ALL BFNs
We are adopting!
SAIF/PAIF IS ALWAYS WELCOMED TO POST IN MY POSTS!!!
Where are you located? DFW, Texas
What do you do for a living? Stay at home full time, part time floral designer with my own business
What kind of adoption? foster to adopt
Where are you in the process? 6 placements in 2 years (not too bad), currently sibling set of 3 and have applied for adoption of a little boy also in foster care
Friday's already gone, but I still want to play...
Where are you located? Illinois
What do you do for a living? Athletic Trainer
What kind of adoption? Domestic infant
Where are you in the process? waiting for a match
Where are you located? The Chicago Suburbs
What do you do for a living? I'm a SAHM
What kind of adoption? Domestic transracial adoption
Where are you in the process? We're parents of a very busy toddler!
I am so glad I found this board. I haven't posted on the Nest in months. I so need this board.
1. I am located in the hot dry city of San Antonio, TX.
2. I teach middle school math during the school year and enjoy my time off with my hubby and furbabies during the summer.
3. We are doing foster to adopt.
4. WE have finished all of our PRIDE classes and the main paper work. We need homestudy, inspections and getting the house ready.