I was pregnate when the state contacted me about my brother in law's girlfriend being pregnate. From the moment I heard the baby was going to be in state custody, that baby was in my heart. My son was 5 months old when the baby was born, with his twin sister no one knew about (no prenatal care). The babies were taken into state custody christmas day as M's sister needed emergancy heart surgery. They left the hospital with me
The sister passed away at 6 mo old after several more surgeries. M is still with me (almost 9 yrs old now). M has a lot of breathing/immune, eating and behavior difficulties. We know he was exposed to alcohol and some drugs of unkown type. He's delayed and in therepy. I had no idea I would be the mommie of 2 boys so close in age. My oldest is very gifted (in addition to being "the oldest"). My dh has 3 girls from his first wife. The joke is that I have a "full hand" of children at this point. One of his girls has a joint disorder. As time goes by, I think about adding to our family. It would probably be another child considered "unadoptable" b/c that breaks my heart. Don't know what dh will say...