Your TTC journey

[babycaps]

teraiin, Are you still planning to adopt?

[teraiin]

Aug 2, 2016 10:05:16 GMT -5 babycaps said:

teraiin, Are you still planning to adopt?

Yes but we got bumped to the tail end up the waiting list when I got pregnant. So we aren't sure if we should continue on that waiting list or seek out a different agency (or look into foster to adopt...)

[jbeans27]

Aug 2, 2016 10:15:19 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Aug 2, 2016 10:05:16 GMT -5 babycaps said:

teraiin, Are you still planning to adopt?

Yes but we got bumped to the tail end up the waiting list when I got pregnant. So we aren't sure if we should continue on that waiting list or seek out a different agency (or look into foster to adopt...)

Love this! 3 of my 10 cousins are adopted (1 domestically and 2 internationally) due to fertility issues so it is so close to my heart! I would love to adopt in the future but it would likely be when our current children are older as I really like working and 3 young children would be really difficult with 2 working parents. We currently sponsor a child in the country that my cousins were adopted from that is around the same age as my son and plan to do the same with a child our daughter's age.

[teraiin]

Aug 2, 2016 21:09:45 GMT -5 jbeans27 said:

Aug 2, 2016 10:15:19 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Yes but we got bumped to the tail end up the waiting list when I got pregnant. So we aren't sure if we should continue on that waiting list or seek out a different agency (or look into foster to adopt...)

Love this! 3 of my 10 cousins are adopted (1 domestically and 2 internationally) due to fertility issues so it is so close to my heart! I would love to adopt in the future but it would likely be when our current children are older as I really like working and 3 young children would be really difficult with 2 working parents. We currently sponsor a child in the country that my cousins were adopted from that is around the same age as my son and plan to do the same with a child our daughter's age.

I'm adopted so we'd really love to adopt. We sponsor a child in ecquador and have a lot of fun writing her and sending her gifts

[jbeans27]

Aug 2, 2016 21:16:19 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Aug 2, 2016 21:09:45 GMT -5 jbeans27 said:

Love this! 3 of my 10 cousins are adopted (1 domestically and 2 internationally) due to fertility issues so it is so close to my heart! I would love to adopt in the future but it would likely be when our current children are older as I really like working and 3 young children would be really difficult with 2 working parents. We currently sponsor a child in the country that my cousins were adopted from that is around the same age as my son and plan to do the same with a child our daughter's age.

I'm adopted so we'd really love to adopt. We sponsor a child in ecquador and have a lot of fun writing her and sending her gifts

I didn't realize that you were adopted @terrain . I love that you want to adopt! My cousin who is my age and I are very close and have had a lot of conversations about his adoption and the fact that there are no records of his family at all. He would love to have at least one biological child but would also like to adopt from his country (Columbia). Even though he was adopted by very Caucasian parents, he learned Spanish in college and high school and is now an immigration lawyer.
We sponsor a little boy in Columbia that is only a few months older than my son so it is so much fun to have DS help pick out gifts for him and draw pictures to go along with the letters we write.

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@terrain My parents foster-to-adopted my much younger brother. They went through a private agency, who would take the state cases that were likely to go forward with adoption. They got him as a foster child at 15 months and adopted him one year later. The private agency was also particular about matching up a child to the right adoptive parents, in consideration of special needs, family history, etc.

[birkmmm]

I love reading everyone stories everyone has been through their own journey and I love hat we all have sweet precious babies now!

I went for my annual pap may 2015 and found out I was pregnant I was completely shocked cause I had just stopped BC in April. I figured it would take a while but I guess not. Lol
It still hasn't really connected that I was pregnant and I started bleeding the next day. I knew something wasn't right- this was on a Tuesday.
By the end of the week I had MC - I was completely devastated... It was just a so much in one week from the shock of being pregnant then to loosing it.
We decided too try again and I had a BFP in August.
It helped me so much to have throw community through my pregnancy!

[oreille]

My timeline is similar to birkmmm.

We started trying in April 2015. We got pregnant on the first try. I have a short LP, and got a BFP on 8 DPO. The GKU girls gave me a lot of shit for testing early, but I ended up being very glad I did. I found out about my baby on a Sunday. Announced to my sister and parents on Tuesday. My sister found out she was expecting my nephew on Thursday morning. The cousins would have had due dates in the same week, probably within 48 hours of each other. We announced to my husband's parents' on Thursday evening. I realized I was bleeding 15 minutes later. I miscarried that first baby while out of town visiting inlaws. I was really glad in the end that I tested early, because I had 5 happy days with my baby. If I'd waited until 12 DPO like everyone recommends, I would have only had about 12 hours with them.

We started trying again the next cycle. Took three cycles to have success the second time. We had sex 6 days in a row that fertile week, I guess I was paranoid I'd miss the window. Went to my husband's family reunion during the TWW, and was feeling paranoid because the last time we'd gone to visit them, we lost a baby while we were there. I had one soda and one cider during the reunion party on Saturday. I had trouble finishing each, which was unusual for me. Tuesday morning, I got a BFP at 8 DPO again. I had a triphasic pattern to my temps this cycle.

My BFP anniversary is this upcoming Thursday. What a difference a year makes!