Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The first chunk of the adoption papers have been sent in

Wow. It took more gumption to fill out those forms that I would have anticipated. But they are in and with this, we have signaled to the social worker our intent to keep moving forward in this process. She was probably wondering what happened to us.

I called the RE and told her (well, I told the receptionist to please tell her since she wasn't there) that we would turn down this opportunity for the triple split donor situation for both emotional and financial reasons. Surprisingly, I am OK with it. I would like to have another try at a donor egg but right now, $12,000 is seeming like a whole heck of a lot of money to "try" again. It if didn't work, the pain (financial and otherwise) would be too much to bare. Right now, it is safer to say no.

Later, if we are feeling stronger emotionally and more solvent financially, we may give a situation like that a try. But not now. We can't take it.

I don't know what I feel any more. Exasperated and exhausted, I guess. Better than heartbroken and depressed...

6 comments:

Rebeccah said...

I found that the hardest part with the adoption process was getting that first batch of paperwork in. It meant admitting to myself that biobabies were unlikely for us, and that was insanely painful. After that, the process just flowed, and with each step, I felt a bit better. Good luck to you!

bluemoon said...

thanks for sharing. i have my own stack of paperwork that i have not completed. you inspire me. after my own failed cycle, some days are better than others. this weekend i haven't been able to shake the blues, crying a lot, feeling cheated... your moving ahead encourages me to dust off these overwhelming feelings of sadness.

Anonymous said...

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Me said...

That's a lot of hard progress you've made. I hope you feel good about yourself for making those hard decisions. :)

Wordgirl said...

Honestly, it took me forever to send in any paperwork related to our next step.

I have to believe in the season of spring and renewal, starting again, moving forward...


Love and thoughts to you,

Pam

Anonymous said...

We also had to go for DE IVF abroad. Prices for this procedure here in my country are pretty high. I have PCOS and unfortunately all our attempts to conceive a baby gave no result. We spent so much money for treatment and medicines. We even thought to forget about kids and live as it is. But damn, it was just impossible for us! We wanted to have children, to create big and happy family. So we decided not to put up with the situation. We started our search for a clinic in Europe. We’ve found a couple of good ones, 'explored’ each review and each website, where those clinics were mentioned. And of course official websites were learned by heart. So after the discussions, thinking through all pros and cons, we chose Ukrainian clinic biotexcom. So, we came to the clinic and our doctor told us everything about donation. In the case of 5 failures, the clinic promised to refund us our money. I’ve got pregnant from the first attempt! I gave birth to two beautiful kids, Daniel and Denis. The clinic has warm atmosphere and positive influence. The service was pretty good, they gave us guarantees on success. I don't know if I help you... At first we considered Mexico too. But some reviews put us on guard. Be careful and pay attention to all details during your search! I hope you'll find all needed answers.