When I read these boards, I'm constantly reminded how smart and brave you women are. Just thought it would be interesting to hear more.
So, what is the best advice you would give someone going through this process?
Best advice I could give would be....
Trust your own heart and your own instincts. Every person I know including some strangers had unsolicitated opinions about our adoption. People wanted to weigh in about everything from how long it would take, to what lawyer we should use, to what race we should adopt, to how much openness we should want, to what they thought about our birthmother, to what we should name our son, and now about how we should raise our son. But, my husband and I know that the decisions are ours and the only person we need to please is our son Jack.