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Article on sharing your child's story

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  • sgb721sgb721 member

    Great article!! Thanks for sharing!

    DH and I were discussing this last night, about what information we are comfortable sharing with family, and what will remain private. How privacy is different then being secretive as it's personal information.

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  • irismorningirismorning member
    imageSpooko:
    Our situation is different in that since it was a family member, everyone pretty much already knew everything we did. The

    Mother of two wonderful boys! Blessed through adoption.

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  • Stacy092306Stacy092306 member
    Thanks for sharing the article! 
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    TTC #2, Operative hysteroscopy March 2011; IVF #1 long lupron protocol April 2011-cancelled due to poor response; IVF #2 flare protocol May 2011=hospitalization due to abdominal hemorrhage during ER and no fert due to MFI issues. Moving onto international adoption from Moldova January 2013!
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  • annaliselannalisel member

    We have no experience with this yet, but the post is an excellent reminder to be cautious. Since people generally feel better sharing concerns with others, I would guess that ove

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  • Dr.LorettaDr.Loretta member
    Even oversharing not-so-negative things can bite you. I learned the hard way that people would make even worse assumptions about DD's BM, etc. if I gave them too much info to start. I am learning the mantra, "We only discuss the details within our own fam
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  • annaliselannalisel member

    Yikes. This sounds really tricky. I can already hear my mom assuming the worst, (out of concern, not judgement).

    I will keep your mantra in mind.  

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  • MagickalNarwhalMagickalNarwhal member

    I love this! We had a HORRIBLE experience with our agency over-sharing some details about our son to our friends. They were in the pool at the same time as up and adopted their daughter a few weeks before our son was born. Their social worker was kind

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