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Post by alyk on Apr 15, 2010 20:16:44 GMT -5
What a great new board! I'm adopted, so I would love to share my insights with those who are starting the other side of the process.
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Post by Clara Hinton on Apr 16, 2010 13:08:34 GMT -5
This is awesome!!!! ;D
I hope that word about this new board will spread so that we get an active group on here.
I know I'd LOVE to hear about your feelings about being adopted whenever you feel like sharing.
Love,
Clara
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Post by Krista on Apr 16, 2010 19:51:24 GMT -5
This is something that Dh & I may be considering down the road, so will be keeping an eye on this board, and may be back after a while.  |
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Post by Clara Hinton on Apr 17, 2010 9:01:19 GMT -5
Super!!! A new board is usually "slow" in catching on, so I'm asking that you all let others who are considering adoption OR who have already gone through the process know about this new board. (Does that sentence make sense? LOL You all know what I mean!) This board was a repeated suggestion by several of you. Now, my prayer is that it will be used often for support! Love, Clara |
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Post by ladyann on Apr 17, 2010 21:56:45 GMT -5
Thank you  My email is lady_nichole@Hotmail.com or you can PM me here... Even if I am blessed with a biological child I am fairly certain I will adopt as well. We plan to go through the foster care system. I have done a good amount of research and would be happy to talk to anyone about the subject. Blessings to all ... |
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Post by ty'smommy on Apr 18, 2010 1:12:20 GMT -5
I'm very great-full for this board. DH and i will def adapt because we would like to have a big family but i'm not sure i can sustain many pregnancies with my incompetent cervix. So adoption is def something we will do in the future.. i'm hoping to hear from anyone who has adopted, or is adopted and hopeful get some first-hand account of what to expect |
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Post by trishannbo on Apr 19, 2010 9:48:51 GMT -5
This board is a great idea! THank you for the suggestion Eve. My DH and I have talked about adoption for years but really wanted to try to have one more child. My daughter is 7 already and I don't want her to grow up alone, she wants a sibling so bad. She was so excited about the twins but she now talks to me about adoption. They get way too smart earlier and earlier it seems like. Any suggestions on adopting when you have one biological child?
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Post by ladyann on Apr 21, 2010 23:33:57 GMT -5
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Post by kjb96a on Apr 25, 2010 22:26:16 GMT -5
Jamie - There's free adoption within almost every state. It's called Child Rite, Inc. Look it up! ~Kimber
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Post by candace on Apr 26, 2010 21:47:34 GMT -5
Thank you for adding this board! Adoption is definitely something DH and I talk about. We might want another child after this one, and since this baby won't be born until just after my 39th birthday, we talk often about adoption.
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Post by ladyann on Apr 29, 2010 9:00:43 GMT -5
Thank you Kimber for the information on Child Rite Also... you can adopt through the foster care system for very little or no cost as well. It can sound scary and they use the words "special needs" to define a very broad range of situations. including: child over 8 children who need to be adopted as a sibling group emotional problems you can also foster first and take only a child/children of the age you are looking for... and then if they become available for adoption it is likely as the foster family (if no biological family is eligible) that you will be first in line to adopt. there could be some heartbreak going down this road because it could be the case that child you have come to love goes back to live with their bio parents and they never become available for adoption. bottom line is adoption is not necessarily expensive Good luck to all |
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Post by lana7 on May 12, 2010 0:49:53 GMT -5
This board is definitely a good idea! I was adopted along with my older brother and sister from Russia when I was about 7 years old! I would love to help anyone who has questions or concerns! To all the families that are considering adoption you are definitely in my prayers and are angels in my eyes.
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Post by jessb on May 18, 2010 15:54:20 GMT -5
This is great! Thank you, Clara, for starting this board... my dh and I have talked about adoption even before we ever got pregnant....and now it's looking even more like an option...not any time soon...but then, again, you never know! |
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Post by shelliton on Jan 8, 2011 12:06:24 GMT -5
Don't know if this is the right place for me or not, but I am actually a birthmom in an open adoption. Our son is four years old now and it's been an amazing journey. I guess I'd like to put myself out there if anyone has questions or concerns of what it's been like on my end, it's one of my favorite things to talk about!
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