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So I see there isn't much activity in this section of the forums but I still wanted to go ahead and start a thread/journal documenting our journey!
Backstory: DH and I have male factor infertility. It took us 3.5 years to finally conceive our son naturally, and he is the center of our Universe! We have always discussed how wanting a very large family, as we are part of big families ourselves (we both have 6 siblings). We are about 1.5 years TTC #2 and decided we wanted to go ahead and go through IVF.
About a week ago I was looking up specialists in the area and was really not as excited about it as I thought I would be. While I was searching I came across and adoption page. That's when it hit me: I wanted to ADOPT. It was like one of those epiphany moments! I was so excited and immediately discussed it with my husband. He apparently has been wanting to adopt for a while now but didn't want to tell me because I was set on having IVF. We have decided if we are meant to have another it will happen naturally like our son did, despite being told we have a 1% chance of it happening. And if it doesn't, I am 100% satisfied with that and our new decision to adopt.
I have been online nonstop looking up information, looking at children in the system available for adoption. Here in Texas the first step is to attend an information meeting. I have already contacted the lady offering a meeting on January 19th so I'm hoping she answers back soon! I know it's a good month away but from what I've seen the process is full of a lot of waiting. I'm just so excited to actually get started!
Backstory: DH and I have male factor infertility. It took us 3.5 years to finally conceive our son naturally, and he is the center of our Universe! We have always discussed how wanting a very large family, as we are part of big families ourselves (we both have 6 siblings). We are about 1.5 years TTC #2 and decided we wanted to go ahead and go through IVF.
About a week ago I was looking up specialists in the area and was really not as excited about it as I thought I would be. While I was searching I came across and adoption page. That's when it hit me: I wanted to ADOPT. It was like one of those epiphany moments! I was so excited and immediately discussed it with my husband. He apparently has been wanting to adopt for a while now but didn't want to tell me because I was set on having IVF. We have decided if we are meant to have another it will happen naturally like our son did, despite being told we have a 1% chance of it happening. And if it doesn't, I am 100% satisfied with that and our new decision to adopt.
I have been online nonstop looking up information, looking at children in the system available for adoption. Here in Texas the first step is to attend an information meeting. I have already contacted the lady offering a meeting on January 19th so I'm hoping she answers back soon! I know it's a good month away but from what I've seen the process is full of a lot of waiting. I'm just so excited to actually get started!