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Old 11-11-2008, 01:56 PM
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I don't think you're alone in your feelings and don't feel badly. Open Adoption can be tough to navigate for both you and his life mom. It sounds like she's trying to find a way to deal and life with her decision, as far as notice, a week is just long enough!

Our situation is fairly open but we don't actually hear from our son's life mom as much as we originally thought we would.

We're open to visits and she has visited 3 times and he's 2 (each time she's come to us but we've all gone out for dinner and we paid etc.) and we send her pictures and emails. She used to live in our state but has now moved.

My advise is to breathe, be calm, and play it by ear. Set limits but still be flexible and everything will work out fine. Remember how she has changed your life...positive things will come!

Good Luck and we're all right here if you need support!
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