[PackDaddy]

Student finds adoption a real choice - News

Here is a link to a story about our adoption.

Don

[KatiesEd-dad]

Great article, Don. I applaud you guys and Amy for being so very public about your open adoption. Hopefully it will educate a few people who have never heard of open adoption.

[PackDaddy]

Thanks Ed but we can't take any credit it was all Amy. She's been fantastic.

[PKrellwitz]

Just wanted to check in and join the conversation. I'm a step out outside the game here. I'm a "hope to become an" adoptive father, but I didn't see a forum for that.

Hoping to learn a little more about the process from folks who've walked this path. PackDaddy -- great to see your story there. It provides hope to the rest of us.

For background, my wife and I have a son conceived through AI. He's 4 now. The fertility treatment route really doesn't appear to be an option for us anymore, so we're pursuing a domestic open adoption.

We're working with an agency and have had Dear Birthmother letters in circulation for about close to a year now, with really only one serious lead. Guess the wait is starting to weigh down on me.

Would appreciate the chance to vent a bit, and just hear some of the stories out there.

[PackDaddy]

Hang in there. What friends that adopted told us when we started was not to keep it a secret, tell people you are looking to adopt. You never know what will happen, keep the faith and God will lead you. We had pretty much given up when we were blessed and it happened because we had told people we were looking.

[PKrellwitz]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm learning more and more that you're right. We're going to really have talk to people about it more and really remind folks that we're searching. Take it easy.

[bprice215]

I like what I see. You go Dads!
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