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Monday, May 25, 2009

list of links

I found this list of links of "babies available for adoption."

I know there are different laws in different states, so be sure you follow laws specific to your state.

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about a blog

I started out blogging about our domestic adoption journey so family and friends may follow along, and so that others interested in adoption may learn from our experience.

But our journey has changed it’s course. We are now looking forward to FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer) thanks to a private embryo donation from very thoughtful and generous parents. Words cannot express.

Unfortunately our journey has ended and we were never able to add to our family of two.

You may find me blogging about our new journey, life without children, at Beyond Infertility.

Thank you for your love and support during our journey. I wish you all the best.

Email Julie & Chris

history in a nutshell

We've been trying to start our family since 2000. We've tried naturally, with infertility drugs, both oral and injections (self-inflicted by Julie) and two IUIs. None successful. We've had three miscarriages, though all pregnancies happened naturally.

We thought our problem was getting pregnant, we didn't realize we'd also have a problem staying pregnant. It seems it's just not meant to be. We spent over eight years on the infertility road.

We have now taken a turn onto the road to domestic adoption. We hope there is a baby, child or children out there somewhere who is/are waiting for us and wants to be part of our family.

A new road opened for us in February 2010. We are now in the process of receiving embryos through a private donation. We look forward to FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer) in the coming months, and hope for a successful pregnancy!

Who knew the road to parenthood would such a long and crazy one for us?

time line

11.18.10 End of IVF journey
11.18.10 FET #2 failed
11.04.10 FET #2
08.12.10 FET #1 failed
07.29.10 FET #1
06.24.10 embryos arrived at our lab
06.10.10 legal agreement finalized
03.25.10 1st RE appointment - all is well!
03.18.10 began legal process for donor embryos
02.25.10 contacted by generous embryo donors
05.14.09 updated home study from newborn to age 0-5 and up to two sibs
01.18.09 profile completed
12.24.08 received finalized Home Study report approval!
12.19.08 received Home Study report for review
12.05.08 Home Study meeting #3 (final)
11.21.08 consultation with adoption attorney
11.14.08 Home Study meeting #2
10.24.08 Home Study meeting #1
10.20.08 Fingerprinting by state police
10.16.08 Julie's physical
10.14.08 Chris's physical
10.10.08 started paperwork
10.09.08 received home study packet
10.07.08 attended adoption workshop
09.15.08 September - a month of adoption research
08.17.08 adoption door opened
10.06.06 infertility treatment ended
11.17.05 diagnosed with PCOS
08.2000 decided to start our family

A Family is Born

Monday, May 25, 2009

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A Family is Born

Monday, May 25, 2009

list of links

I have moved

about a blog

history in a nutshell

from Labor of the Heart

my regulars

visitors

time line

adoption blogs i use to follow

other blogs i follow

"relative" films

support gemmabean[at]earthlink.net

links

misc.

international

memberships

labels

archive

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