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Wow! What a great bunch of replies, thank you everyone.
faithnhim - We too just completed our Homestudy and the SW called Monday and said it was officially approved and typed up and ready to go. We also lost a baby at almost 14 weeks. I agree with you about now wanting to be a Mother and moving on to that next stage of life. It really does feel good to know the outcome of all this will be a child and not worrying anymore about ttc and taking temps and "Did I O or didn't I O".
Byngee12 - What a great quote from the adoptive Mother about you and your daughter!
Becky - Your story sounds so much like mine. We too only tried for 1 1/2 years total and were told concieving naturally would be very unlikely, something like a 4% chance. We tried Clomid for 4 months and decided against IVF or anything else and moved on to adoption. We also looked into adoption in advance and it was good to know about it when the time came to actually start the process. I too enjoyed the distraction from temping and charting and identifying the "O", lol. I wish you luck ttc, you seem to have a great attitude about everything, so I'm sure whatever happens it will be great!
Lisa - You can be ready to move on to adoption and still have "infertility moments". Thank you for this comment, it sums it up very well.
Jules - I can totally relate to the slow process, we signed up with Cherokee Nation and it was almost 6 months to get our Homestudy started and finished. I too have been scrapbooking, decorating, reading, and whatever else I can do to pass the time. My husband and friends all say I'm doing the nesting thing, but I just think I'm keeping myself busy and sane. Thanks for understanding not making comments about not being ready to adopt, your exactly right that only we can decide what we are ready for. I know when I was ready, I had a complete change of feeling almost overnight one day. The constant crying spells decreased to a rare upsetting thought and I started sleeping better and I just had a better attitude overall. I "knew" I was ready and accepting of adoption.
LeenaB - Thanks for sharing, it's nice to know your not alone and others share your same ideas and desires.
Kathi - Thank you, I'll go read it right now.
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