(Continued from "Foster Care: Our First Bonus Kiddo")I called Daniel, got some things taken care of, dropped Aurelia off with a sitter and headed for the hospital five minutes away.I stood in the lobby of the hospital feeling a mixture of excitement, discomfort and solemnity.This was the same lobby Daniel and I had waited in … Continue reading Meeting Our Foster Son
Category: Foster Care
Foster Care: Our First Bonus Kiddo
(Continued from "Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents")I answered the phone and from the other end came the jovial voice of a man who introduced himself as one of our area's RFCs. He wanted to get to know a little bit more about our family, why we were in foster care, the kinds of placements we … Continue reading Foster Care: Our First Bonus Kiddo
Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents
We're foster parents. Have I said that on our blog yet? We've always wanted to be foster parents, always planned to be foster parents, but thought we would do it later on and just foster teens. We started the process by meeting with a recruiter in January 2013. Then we were chosen for our "failed … Continue reading Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents
Our Options
Right after Noah left I knew it was time for another surgery for my endometriosis, so in February I had my fifth pelvic laparoscopy. The thing about these surgeries (other than that they stop my pain for about 6-8 months) is that our best chances of getting pregnant are in the few cycles after surgery. … Continue reading Our Options
Yes
So that is the end of the blog series. Our profile is back out there for expectant mothers to see and we've been looking at all our options, figuring out what our next steps will be beyond just having our profile back out there. I had been wanting to end this series on a happy, optimistic, … Continue reading Yes
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