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Wow - you lot have been talking up a storm! It's so great to come here and find something happening. I thought I had this thing set to send me emails when new posts came up and hadnt checked in for a while - but here I am and yes we are still waiting.
I'm not sure if I posted this before but we found out recently as you did Richie that we had been picked (about a week after our profile went into the pool!) but bmum decided to keep her baby. So, I do have hope that someone else will pick us... but the waiting is really tough. I feel at least we have a chance with adoption - after 4 years ttc and only 1 pregnancy which ended in m/c I dont hold out much hope of conceiving naturally any more.
I would love to go for International Adoption, but dh is against it, and I know it would come with added stress so it is probably best to stay in the local pool, but I am 38 now and dh 44 , some days I feel that time is running out. I try not to be too morbid but I am sad that so far we havent had the opportunity to create a loving family. I always wanted lots of kids. Ironic.
Well - I am raving - as I have a habit of doing. It's so nice to finally have other people to talk to who understand. Not a day goes by when I dont imagine getting that phonecall. Richie it's nice to hear that it actually happens sometimes.
Oh I found a page of stats from CYPs they are from 2004...
there were 217 couples in the pool in NZ and 88 placements, (59 couples in Auckland and 21 placements)
Altho the majority were european I think they find it hard to place Maori and Asian babies (we have twice been asked if our profile could be shown to Asian bmums, because I have Euro-asian extended family members).
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