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It seems like once you tell people you are adopting, you start to hear all the stereo typical thoughts, sayings, etc. One of the big ones that seems to keep coming up is that you can never love an adopted child like you would love one you birthed.
I know I've touched on this subject before, but I feel like the further in to the process we get, the more we hear crap like this. My husband and I were talking about it over dinner the other night and we do not get how people could feel this way. We look at it in the same way as marrying somebody with young children and you help raise them; they become your kids. We look at it just as you were to have this child. When you get that referral and have a face and name to go with your baby, you are in love. We see it no differently than when you have a baby and it is love at first sight. We will not carry a child for nine months and then give birth, so we will not know what all that brings, but we do know all we have been through to get us closer to LP. This is truly a paper pregnancy and I do not doubt that we go through a lot of the same emotions that a pregnant family would. Has there ever been a doubt in our mind that we will love our child any differently than if we birthed him or her? Not at all. Adoption has never been 2nd best for us and our love will never be that way for our child either. Comments (1)
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... I'm so happy to know there are people like you and your husband who have open hearts and are eager to protect and love the mother/fatherless. |
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 
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