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Written by Daneen
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 10:29 |
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| Since announcing where we were adopting from, we have been getting some questions on the whole adoption process. I thought I could take some of these questions and answer them and then give you guys some more details!
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Written by Daneen
Friday, 05 March 2010 09:17 |
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Questions, we all have them. Some people speak up and ask them; others are just content to wonder or think things up in their heads.
I've learned with infertility, but especially with our adoption, that people naturally have a lot of questions. I have also learned that I would much rather have people ask than have them not say a word. For me, I feel like if they ask their question(s), they truly care and want to be involved in our journey.
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Written by Daneen
Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:25 |
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| A peace started coming over me around the middle of January. I was unsure what to think of all of it at first, as I had truly not felt at peace like this since before our infertility diagnoses.
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Written by Daneen
Thursday, 18 February 2010 13:37 |
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| Going into the adoption process, I will not lie, my heart was set on Korea. One of my husband's good friends was adopted from there, I had a friend that had adopted a boy and is in the process of adopting another from Korea. It just felt right. I just knew we would adopt from Korea. Well, guess what. We are not adopting from there and that is okay.
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Written by Daneen
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 09:24 |
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Have you heard of the "maybe baby?" Well that is what my hubby and I have, the "maybe baby."
When you are pregnant, you know in 9 months you will have a baby and you can plan accordingly. When you are not trying to have a kid, again, you plan accordingly. When you are adopting, you do not have this luxury. You do not know if you will have your child in 4 months, 9, even 14, so how do you plan for things such as a vacation?
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Written by Daneen
Friday, 12 February 2010 15:48 |
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| I have always loved the band 'Band of Horse' & their song "No One's Gonna Love You" has always ranked very high on my all time favorite songs list. Whenever I heard the chorus or "But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do, No one's gonna love you more than I do" it has always made me think of how I will feel about my child(ren). But today it came on & I listened to it a bit differently than I had in the past.
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Written by Daneen
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 10:17 |
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| People tend to nickname their unborn children. When a woman is pregnant, it is nice to have a name that goes with the little one growing inside you. I have heard everything from bean, to squirt, peanut, and bubba. So what does a paper pregnant woman use as a nickname, instead of referring to their future child as "this kid?"
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Written by Daneen
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:58 |
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| You know, when it comes to infertility, I guess I am lucky. That is right, even with all I have been through with this TTC journey, I still feel very lucky. From time to time, I have to be reminded by those around me how blessed I am, and recently I had a friend do that.
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Written by Daneen
Friday, 29 January 2010 14:26 |
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| Don't we all go on 2, 3 maybe even 5 "last vacations?" You know, those vacations that you plan and you just know it will be your last trip, just the two of you. You know that the next time you go on a cruise, or out West, you will have a little one in tow. You and your husband take advantage of this excursion, because you know this will be the last one like this for a long time.
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Written by Daneen
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 16:06 |
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| As we get further into our adoption journey, I learn more everyday that our infertility is not something that just affects my husband and me. Our infertility also affects those that love us. It affects our families and our friends. The people around us that love and care for us want nothing more than to be able to help us on our journey toward becoming parents.
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My husband and I are a couple in our late 20s with the hopes of 'filling our nest!' Before meeting my hubby I was diagnosed with PCOS, endrometiosis, fibroids, and adhesions and underwent 2 surgeries. We tied the knot in 2008 and before long decided to go with 'if it happens, it happens.' We did not try to stop it, but it never happened. After more surgeries and tests for me we looked at my hubby, his SA test came back showing azoo. So there we were; enjoying couples infertility. With our combined diagnoses we decided to forgo the treatments promising less than a one percent chance of success. We chose to pursue adoption. We felt it was meant for us. Come along as we deal with both the infertility and the adoption aspects of our life! You can also scroll through my babbles at hisandherinfertility.blogspot.com. 
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