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Now I always wanted to vent that they make you pick a due date for those registries! They need a special one for adoptive moms to say "anywhere between less than 24 hours and 3 years".............!
I felt funny when I registered for about the first hour in the first store. Especially when the other people in the dept kept staring at my very flat tummy, trying to decide if I was actually a few months along, or just regsitering the minute after the EPT stick test came back positive. It hit me suddenly, and I told my mom - you know what? I might not be pregnant, but I AM EXPECTING!!!! And then I was just so happy thinking that little thought the rest of the time that I hope my happy glow convinced other people that I really was expecting my baby!
When our agency told us we could have less than 24 hours notice or a few months, we got nervous and made sure we had enough basics on hand to get through 1 day. A good thing, because we did end up w/ what would have been 22 hours notice (but was delayed by 7 hours)!!!
Explain to nosy people that it can be a last-minute placement, and that even if the pregnancy hormones aren't running rampant, the expectant mother ones ARE, and your need to next is overwhelming, the stress of waiting is very difficult, and the shoppy therapy is helping immensely!
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QUOTE: "Just like a woman who gives birth forgets the pain due to the overwhelming joy when she holds the baby, an adoptive mom also experiences that same joy when she holds her child for the first time." - Kat-L, forum member
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