Deciding to proceed with a domestic adoption
Getting through the homestudy
Matching with an expectant mother
Birthmothers and children
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Deciding to proceed with foster-to-adopt
- Tears and Fears (from Are We There Yet?)
Deciding to proceed with international adoption
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When adoption plans change (terminating a match)
- D Day (from They Grow in Your Heart)
The emotions of a broken match
The first day feeling at peace again after a broken match
Long periods of waiting
- Homesick (from They Grow in Your Heart)
- Becoming Real (from Journeywoman)
- Oh Well (from Hell and High Water)
- Adoption Reflections (from Stranded on Infertility Island)
The first time meeting your child
1 comment:
Couple of thoughts:
--Using the term "birth mother" before the adoption has happened is extremely controversial in the adoption community (both on and off line) so you might change that to "matching with an expectant mother".
--A disrupted adoption is not a broken match. A disrupted adoption technically is an adoption that was n place and then the adoptive parents decide they cannot parent the child. A broken match is when a woman is considering placing with a family and changes her mind. Technically it's not really a disruption even if the child was already placed but surrenders were not signed (because that child was not legally free to be adopted yet) although some people do use that term. But using the term "disrupted" with a broken match is incorrect. (So you've got it right with D Day but not with Feeling Good.)
I'd also break it down by adoption type because the three general adoption paths (domestic infant adotion, foster-to-adopt, international adoption) are WILDLY different.
Finally, have you thought of using one of the wiki programs to build something like this? You could have your readers contribute to it but host it on your domain.
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