[Creatress]

Hey, all. I'm new to the boards and it looked like a good idea to post on this one.

I'm 22 and found out a couple of weeks ago that I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant. After crying for two days straight and yelling at myself for being so stupid, I've pretty much forgiven myself for getting pregnant in the first place. I believe that God's with me through this process, although I don't know if this was part of her plan. I thought for a couple of days about abortion, but after seeing how far along the baby is in terms of development, I know that I couldn't watch that happen and not be haunted for the rest of my life.

So I'm planning an adoption; I have my first meeting with an adoption counselor about an hour away, and I think I've found a family that makes me feel really comfortable with this whole ordeal--they'll probably call me sometime today, actually. Because I'm queer/bisexual, I chose to use my accidentally tapped breeding powers for the gay community and support a family of choice by only considering qualified gay couples as adoptive parents. As it turns out, one of the professors in a department I was involved in in college is hoping to adopt with his partner, but they haven't found much success with the agencies in their area. (I've since moved to a more progressive area, so my agency is totally supportive of gay adoption.) So if this all works out, it will be a really great story and I'll probably end up moving back to that area, not only because I generally miss it but because I want to be in a good relationship through open adoption.

So yeah, long story short, I'm due the day after my 23rd birthday to give birth to a baby I hope to watch being raised by an amazing couple. *nods* I'm trying to do as much of the emotional processing as I can before it all goes down so that nothing hits me too hard--I mean, I don't want to be surprised if something happens, and I've seen enough people's stories on here to know that it could be great or it could be really difficult.