Adoption

After many months struggling to get pregnant Jason and I have decided to start walking down the adoption path. I always thought I would adopt, it was more a matter of would I get pregnant first or would I adopt first. I have to admit, I completely took for granted that I would be able to conceive. I thought I would go off the pill and be pregnant within a week. No... I'm not kidding. So, needless to say it's been quite a struggle trying to wrap my head around the possiblility that I may not ever being pregnant. Jason and I are still going to try to have a baby, but in the meantime we have started contacting adoption agencies. The first thing we have to do is figure out which countries we are eligible to adopt in. Then we have to figure out which of those countries we would like to pursue. Unfortunately we're not eligible to adopt from China. Korea is also at the top of our list and we're trying to figure out if we will meet their criteria. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we get good news this week. Jason is coming home this weekend and we'll pour through the adoption brouchures and try to begin the task of sorting through the countries. All of these children are beautiful. What I have learned so far is this....the children from Korea are provided with outstanding health care. I've been told it's on par with the U.S. and Canada. Extensive background and medical information is also provided. Ethiopia also has a wonderful program from what I understand, as does Guatemala. We have considered Russia and the Ukarine, however, the level of care the children receive is horrible. Which, really means that those are the children who need homes immediately. I can already tell that this process will be pulling at our heart strings and we will have to make some very difficult decisions. So, here we are, at the beginning of a very long road. We'll keep you posted and hopefully be bringing you some very good news sometime in the not so distant future.