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Yipee!!
I am in shock and so excited that someone has finally posted on this forum!!
Since my first post I have accepted that if anyone has a problem with our hopes, it is their problem, not mine.
I have told many of the people we attended ed and prep with, and was surprised yesterday to find that most of them have one or two children also. Not many of the couples had no children.
Jude, I'm aware adoption can be tough. It is so important to always be aware of the negatives, but being a proactive and positive person, I also like to investigate the ways of reducing the negatives.
I also had a thought this morning:
In NZ we only have adoptions of under 2's, mainly under 18months and mostly newborn babies. Can we theorise that in today's climate of open adoption and open communication, these children may not experience the deep, wrenching grief and emptiness that many older adoptees and many of those involved in closed adoptions, have felt.
This is not to assume that none of them will feel a loss, after all we are all individual and unique.
What do you think!
Kat
PS I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO!!
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