The Decision to Adopt

The idea had been floating around for a while; in fact all the way back to 2007. I was sitting in church one Sunday when the thought came to me that we needed to adopt our first child. It had come out of the blue. Joel had just had surgery to correct his low sperm count and we were waiting for him to heal enough in order to try to have children. So why did that thought cross my mind? I wanted to know if what I felt was right, so I prayed about it. After I prayed, I felt it confirmed to me that ‘yes’ we should adopt, but it just wasn't the right time yet.
We tried to do things that other infertile couples try to do: just doing clomid, IUI, and then in-vitro. When in-vitro failed in June of 2009, I wondered when we should try in-vitro again. So we went to the temple and prayed about it. I asked, "Am I going to be a mother?' A feeling that can't be described overwhelmed me and I knew that I was going to be a mother.
But how? Nothing had worked for us before. So I called the in-vitro nurses to tell them that we were going to try again. But something about the situation felt off so I talked to Joel about it a day later. As we were talking about it an overwhelming feeling of "lets talk about adoption" washed over me. So I brought the adoption option up again and we talked about it and prayed about it together. While we did that, we finally got our answer. We should adopt our first child. Then later that day we called LDS Family Services to make an appointment and the first available appointment for the orientation was in Sept. and that’s the month that kept popping into Joel’s mind while we were praying in the temple.
We know that with all our heart that adoption is what we should be doing!

We hope that you will come to our blog and be with us through the happiness and tears that will be coming while we go through this process. We know this is where we should be in our lives right now and are thrilled about it!