“She said, ‘It’s a boy!’ I hugged her so tightly. Instant family. She handed us a tiny 6lb 5oz baby boy with the cutest lips I’d ever seen. The pregnancy may have been unplanned, but this little boy was no accident.”
‘She picked you guys!’ His life brought two families together, forever.’: Mom shares hills and valleys that brought her to adopted son
‘I got a call about a baby boy.’ We were excited, but scared of getting hurt again.’: Mom of 3 shares journey through infertility, foster care, and adoption
“We were up against time, and we had to make a decision right away since this baby boy was across the country.”
‘I had no control of the tears. I just felt so defeated.’: Quadriplegic woman shares complicated surrogacy journey, hopes for a baby
“Our surrogate was just as upset as us and vowed to keep trying until we have a baby in our arms. We had to remember to be grateful we still had 7 other embryos and a chance to try again.”
There Is No Perfect Way To Handle Infertility
“Infertility is complex, it is all consuming, and more than anything else…it is unpredictable.”
‘I found a little girl I just love and I think she needs to be in our family.’: Mom details unique adoption journeys of her 3 children
“With 6 failed adoptions in 8 years, we were uncertain we’d have any more children.”
‘She lifted my shirt up and patted my belly. ‘Thewe is a baby in thewe!’: Couple has 4 miracle babies despite being given near impossible odds
“‘Don’t get your hopes up. The sample didn’t look good. In fact, I’m not even going to charge you for the visit today.’ As we left the clinic, I had an empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. This was never going to work.”
‘I am tired.’: Woman reflects on difficult infertility journey
“It’s okay to admit this load you are carrying is too heavy at times, and it’s okay to be tired of it all.”
‘In a year and a half, our family of 2 grew to 6.’: Couple share foster care adoption story, premature triplet birth after infertility
“Brycen didn’t know about us until two days before our first visit, to protect him from having high hopes ripped away again. He’d experienced many adults not keeping promises, so he kept questioning if we were really going to adopt him.”
‘I about dropped the phone. ‘We’ll just twin it,’ I said. And then I cried.’: Foster mom shares journey to adopt 4 children
“In one year’s time, we went from 3 children to 6. This is not normal, but in foster care, there is no normal!”
‘I have not been able to give my husband the one thing he wants the most—a baby.’: Woman battling infertility opens up about guilt
“Not once has he ever blamed me for this, but having to sit day after day and watch him not be able to be the dad I know he was destined to be is overwhelmingly painful.”