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Old 07-12-2008, 05:02 AM
Fran27 Fran27 is offline
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Adoption, twins and playgroups

I was reading that article in Adoptive Families about that woman having a hard time with the playgroup she picked because everything was about pregnancy, how the kids looked like their parents etc.

It's something that's been worrying me a bit. I feel like a total oddcase because I have twins AND they are adopted. Joining a regular playgroup would be weird, parenting twin is different than parenting singletons and I'm not sure I'd have that much in common with them... and I know most twin moms don't understand adoption (although all the ones I've met online have been great). The fact that 50% of twins are born thanks to infertility treatments probably makes it even weirder, considering some still think they'll get pregnant with twins again if they try once more, and I just know better about IVF odds.

Oh, and there are all the people who think that adoption is amazing and the babies are so lucky to have us. I don't agree, we're the lucky ones and we didn't do anything amazing, we just wanted kids.

So, I feel kinda stuck. But being a SAHM and not meeting anyone ever is really starting to be hard. I'm definitely going to join the mother of multiples club and give it a try, I'm just a bit worried.

Has anyone got a good experience with playgroups that they could share?
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