[HopefulIPs]

Our ivf/surrogacy journey has ended, we are officially adopting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi all,

Well, its official!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to adopt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you tell with all my exclamations how excited we are!!!???

Its been a long road to get here, but we feel like a weight has lifted off of us, its amazing!

We always knew i could not carry, and initially was going to adopt, but we had to wait like 3 years of marriage before we could, so we decided to look into surrogacy. It was a great journey, met lots of wonderful women out there, but after 2 years, 2 failed surrogates and 20k in debt, and a quoted 30% chance to have a bio child after a clomid challenge test, we decided just this weekend that its time to move forward.

Move forward to adoption!

I have done a lot of research while i was out due to feet surgery last month, and met with a lot of people to learn as much as i could, before dh came around. Well, he officially did this weekend!

Theres a light at the end of this tunnel!

Knowing that adoption is a definite, as opposed to surrogacy is such a wonderful thing to us!

So, i am soo excited to move from one board to another (here) and going through our new journey with all of you!

Andrea

[stephaniemlou]

Andrea,

When we decided enough-is-enough with IVF, etc, and made the decision to adopt, I also felt an enormous weight lift. I swear it was literally a weight gone.

Good luck, Stephanie

[amom4life]

Andrea,
CONGRATULATIONS on your decision to adopt and the best to you on your journey!
Judy

[GreenThumb]

Congratulations on your decision! I wish you a wonderful adoption journey!

Ann

[Xanny]

Welcome! It's so exciting when you finally decide to start. I was so happy to be doing something that would definitely lead to my becoming a parent.

Then, when I was ready to call the agency to start our homestudy, I needed all my on-line friends to talk me through it. That's what's great about this place, though. Everybody's here for you, in the happy times and the nervous times.

Best wishes for a smooth adoption journey!

--Xanny

[mom2alex]

...it is a WONDERFUL feeling. I felt like a changed person when we put IF behind us. Yes there IS certainly a light in sight. Best of luck and looking forward to traveling with you on your journey!

[Papamba]

It certainly is a great weight off your shoulders...boy, do I remember. Not to say adoption is a piece of cake...it also has it's difficulities but well worth it! You will have a baby. Congratuations!!!!!

Best wishes,
Pam

[lmrod55]

Andrea - That is great news! I wish you and your husband a wonderful adoption journey.

Best of luck - Lena

[kermy71]

I know I am a little late with my congrats but I thought better late that never.

"Better later Than Never" is a phrase I have lived by through this journey and It has done us well.

I also wish you a smooth journey

Good luck to you all

Chelle