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Originally Posted by KarenInCa
I always find it amazing now a days, when I see referrals of babies that are 7-8 months old, and wonder how much dispair the parents were feeling 8-9 months earlier, waiting for the wait till their referral came...but now knowing that their child was not even born at that time.
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Yes, it is really interesting when you look at it that way. I remember in Summer 2006 I was REALLY DOWN about our wait - it had been about 9 months - but we knew we were looking at another year at least (and after thinking it would be 8 months, that was tough). I had just had two surgeries for my endometriosis after going through severe pain, and my DH has lost his job (and had recently just found work again). Then my brother invited me to Hong Kong to visit him and his wife and my 2-year-old niece for a week. He paid for the whole thing, so only I was able to go and not my husband (but he also didn't have any paid time off from his new job, either). So off to Hong Kong I went, which REALLY lifted my spirits - especially spending time with my adorable niece.
Little did I know, that just two provinces above Hong Kong - in the Hunan Province - that our sweet Charlotte was barely 3 weeks old. So while I was in Hong Kong., she was already born and just a tiny baby then, and I was so close to her - yet so far! It gives me chills still when I think about it.
