Well, we just had another conversation with Cindy, the birthmother. Ben got to join us this time which was really important to her. :) We got some insight to her situation and what she is thinking...it was really helpful for us to see why she is choosing adoption. She did have an ultrasound today. They changed her due date from 11/1 to 12/2...She thinks she is going to have to have a repeat c-section, but she forgot to ask the doctor when she was in on Monday. She said that the baby was moving all over and he is definitely still a boy! :) She also said that she would like us to be at the hospital for the birth. Everything is going great! :)
Emily
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
I've been a really bad blogger....
Ok, so I've been horrible...BUT, I'll try to be better...as most everyone knows on September 1, 2009 our lives changed for the better! I'm going to start at the beginning................
I was out getting Luke off the bus, and normally, I take my cell phone and my book...just in case I get a phone call (which rarely happens). This day, I forgot to take my phone out with me...and it could have been a bad thing. After I got Luke off the bus, I started cooking dinner (pork chops, rice, asparagus and salad). Something told me to check my cell phone...I had a missed call. Weird, but I figured it was my mom (LOVE YOU, MOM!!! :)). When I checked, it was the adoption agency....I figured that they were calling because Ben's physical had "expired" and they were going to tell me that we needed to get it to them asap. I called, and ask for Rosalind, the SW at out Texas office, and she asked if I was sitting down....I said, "no, should I be?" She said, "maybe...you've been chosen by a birth mother!" I pretty much lost all ability to hear at that point...LOL...but I remember her saying that I needed to talk to Colleen, who would be our SW for the rest of the time..........
A little about our birth mother...her name is Cindy, she's 24 years old. She's got 2 kids already. She has a 7 year old and a little girl who was born in January 2009. If you go through my blog, you'll see that the reason that I was apprehensive about domestic adoption was because I was afraid we wouldn't be chosen because we have Luke...well, that's the reason that we were PICKED! Since she has a 7 year old and he loves having a baby sister, she thought that Luke would love having a baby! I'm so glad Luke is one of the reasons she picked us...and I'm not even sure how to explain why. :) Another reason she liked us was because she liked that I work part-time from home during nap/bedtime.
When we talked to the SW, she gave us the due date of 11/27 and gave us the news that she was giving birth to a little BOY! :) So not only were we chosen, we knew we were having a boy and he was due in less than 3 MONTHS!! We were SO happy!!! :) The SW told us we'd be getting Cindy's paperwork and medical records overnight to us, asap...so we waited...We received them and read through them (actually, more like obsessed over them). I took her medical records to my OB/GYN to review. Everything looked great! We called the agency back on 9/4 to accept the case...Now the hard part waiting!
Once we'd accepted, I was obsessing some more over the paperwork, and noticed that the due date given by her doctor was 11/1...Cindy said originally it was 11/27...a bit of a difference, and concerning because she is going to have a repeat c-section. If she had the c-section 1 week before the 11/1 due date, the baby COULD be born 5 weeks before his due date (if it really is the 27th...) Are you following me? LOL. So she's having another ultrasound to confirm the due date and assess the baby...
I'll really try to do better about updating this!!!
Emily :)
I was out getting Luke off the bus, and normally, I take my cell phone and my book...just in case I get a phone call (which rarely happens). This day, I forgot to take my phone out with me...and it could have been a bad thing. After I got Luke off the bus, I started cooking dinner (pork chops, rice, asparagus and salad). Something told me to check my cell phone...I had a missed call. Weird, but I figured it was my mom (LOVE YOU, MOM!!! :)). When I checked, it was the adoption agency....I figured that they were calling because Ben's physical had "expired" and they were going to tell me that we needed to get it to them asap. I called, and ask for Rosalind, the SW at out Texas office, and she asked if I was sitting down....I said, "no, should I be?" She said, "maybe...you've been chosen by a birth mother!" I pretty much lost all ability to hear at that point...LOL...but I remember her saying that I needed to talk to Colleen, who would be our SW for the rest of the time..........
A little about our birth mother...her name is Cindy, she's 24 years old. She's got 2 kids already. She has a 7 year old and a little girl who was born in January 2009. If you go through my blog, you'll see that the reason that I was apprehensive about domestic adoption was because I was afraid we wouldn't be chosen because we have Luke...well, that's the reason that we were PICKED! Since she has a 7 year old and he loves having a baby sister, she thought that Luke would love having a baby! I'm so glad Luke is one of the reasons she picked us...and I'm not even sure how to explain why. :) Another reason she liked us was because she liked that I work part-time from home during nap/bedtime.
When we talked to the SW, she gave us the due date of 11/27 and gave us the news that she was giving birth to a little BOY! :) So not only were we chosen, we knew we were having a boy and he was due in less than 3 MONTHS!! We were SO happy!!! :) The SW told us we'd be getting Cindy's paperwork and medical records overnight to us, asap...so we waited...We received them and read through them (actually, more like obsessed over them). I took her medical records to my OB/GYN to review. Everything looked great! We called the agency back on 9/4 to accept the case...Now the hard part waiting!
Once we'd accepted, I was obsessing some more over the paperwork, and noticed that the due date given by her doctor was 11/1...Cindy said originally it was 11/27...a bit of a difference, and concerning because she is going to have a repeat c-section. If she had the c-section 1 week before the 11/1 due date, the baby COULD be born 5 weeks before his due date (if it really is the 27th...) Are you following me? LOL. So she's having another ultrasound to confirm the due date and assess the baby...
I'll really try to do better about updating this!!!
Emily :)
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