Hi-
Thanks for all the input on domestic verses international adoption. There are benefits and downsides to each alternative approach. We have tried to get pregnant thru costly procedures until I reached a point of feeling crappy and depressed when it didnt work time after time. I do believe there is a reason it didnt happen so I would pursue another road. Now that I am finally considering Guatemala, there are real concerns about pursuing that due to the changes going on.
I have read and read and read, and read again, there are just arguments to each alternative, so much that one day I feel different than the next. Originally, we were going to pursue Russia, then learned of many of the medical and attachment issues there. Domestic concerns me due to any disappointment should the birthmother change her mind
I read this saying the other day, it was written by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and it is very inspiring:
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn"
We remain hopeful, optimistic and relentless in our dream to start a family. But at the same time, dautingly impatient for achieving this goal.
Lisa
