After 4 years of marriage, my husband and I were in a place in our lives where we decided it was time to start a family. A year and a half later, I was nowhere near being pregnant, not even a false alarm had happened. So began the journey for answers and help in becoming parents as we began infertility testing and treatment.

My husband and I are a current waiting adoptive family with your organization. We were matched with a birth mother in December and she gave birth to a wonderful baby boy we named Nathan on Feb. 2, 2010. We had nine wonderful days with Nathan when his birth mother changed her mind and we had to give him back. This was the hardest day in both of our lives.

After many years of infertility and five cycles of in-vitro fertilization, Kevin and I realized that forming our family either biologically or through adoption were one in the same. The end result would be a wonderful family and the answer to our many hopes and dreams for our future.

My husband and I had been married almost two years when we decided to start our family. We knew that it may not have been possible to have children naturally, as I have had diabetes for 27 years. We went to the doctor and not really to our surprise, she suggested we look into adoption. That is pretty much the answer we expected to hear from her, so we were ok with it. Actually, we were very excited about it.

We will continue to tell our daughter the wonderful story of her birth mother's selfless love and God's sovereignty. Our baby is a true blessing, and we thank the Lord, our birth mother, all our friends and family, and American Adoptions for allowing us to experience the best job of a lifetime - being parents...

We are also among many adoptive parents who would not have thought open adoption would be right for us. But the increasingly open nature of our son's adoption is a part of our unique story that we wouldn't change for anything, and we hope that by sharing it, we might help other prospective adoptive parents shape a happy adoption story for their own families.

Keith and I are so blessed to have our son A.J. It is because of our wonderful experience adopting him through American Adoptions, that I am now an Adoptive Family Specialist for the agency. If you have any questions about the adoption process please contact 1-800-ADOPTION or email jenny_s@americanadoptions.com. I would love to talk to you.

We want to thank American Adoptions for all your hard work and professionalism. I would tell anyone who is planning to adopt to do their homework, research, interview and soul search and then call American Adoptions.

The second I saw our little girl she grabbed my finger & I knew I was supposed to be her mommy!! I suddenly understood why everything happened in the 3 years before, it was because God meant for the 3 of us to be a family.

We feel like we won the lottery!!!! We were chosen so quickly after joining the agency and we were given the most perfectly beautiful gift that we could have ever hoped for.....WoW! Thanks to you and everyone at American Adoptions who assisted us with the adoption process. The experience was so positive that we sing the praises of American Adoptions to anyone who will listen. We have recommended American Adoptions to other folks who are planning to adopt.