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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive Parents
TOPIC: Waiting couples wanting to chat with each other
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| Dawna | Posted: May 09, 2005 11:00:25 PM What a terrific idea! I would love to hear how other couples are playing this waiting game....we are at 4+ months now. I find looking at the site every other day is good for me, because I see progress...even if it isn't ours! My husband is from Sweden and I am American. We have been married 6 years now and are the best of friends. I have 3 children from a previous marriage...all grown up. Jan has never been a "daddy" to little ones, so we are hoping to adopt soon ~ at least before we move back to Sweden. Please tell about your families and what you are doing to stay sane during the wait! I am remodeling our kitchen and bathrooms~ but do have the nursery about set up. Life goes on. Hope to hear from you all soon! de | ||
| Heather | Posted: May 06, 2005 06:40:29 AM I haven't figured out yet how long it takes for new messages to get posted...I will try to check in at least every couple of days. Joel and I will celebrate our 14th year of marriage this summer. We have one daughter who is 5 years old. We live in PA. | ||
| Heather | Posted: May 05, 2005 07:33:43 AM Great!...I have to say, I was excited that there were a couple of responses! My husband and I are just finishing up our 6th month of waiting. You can see our profile and learn a lot about us there. We are very excited, but have had time for some of the emotions to level out a bit. When we were first activated, I was ready and waiting for the phone to ring. Now I am much more able to go about the daily routine and not have the "phone call" in the front of my mind all the time. :) I do love seeing people getting matched and know in time, that will be us too. As for preparations, we have the crib set up. I bought a few things for the diaperbag - newborn bottles and diapers, but we haven't gone all out. Where are you at in your wait? Look forward to getting to know you both and waiting together! Heather | ||
| Sharon | Posted: May 04, 2005 05:01:44 PM Hi, We have just signed up with American and think it would be great to hear from others who are waiting also. We are waiting for our first child, how about you? | ||
| Virginia | Posted: May 04, 2005 04:04:13 PM Hi Ladies, We have been waiting since July. How about you? We had a disrupted situation back in October but we know even though that particular situation didn't work out, there will be a perfect one. We live in NJ. Where are you from? | ||
| Cheryl | Posted: May 03, 2005 11:45:51 PM Hi ladies, I think that sounds like a great idea. I think some support would be really good. The wait can be so long and it would be good to hear from others who are in the same boat. Count me in. | ||
| Virginia | Posted: May 03, 2005 07:33:04 AM Hi Heather, I too would love to chat with waiting adoptive parents. It would be great to get a support group started. You can count me in! | ||
| Heather | Posted: Apr 30, 2005 09:47:49 AM If you are currently waiting to adopt or have recently been matched through American Adoptions and want to chat; I would love to get to know some of you. I think it would be fun and we already have something in common. Who knows, we may find additional things in common and be able to develop a correspondance for years to come as we rear our children. We will most likely be matched within a year of each other?..... Heather | ||
