Adoption thoughts
We found an agency that works on a sliding scale fee for parents willing to take waiting children. Brett is pretty excited about it. He’s not very open to domestic adoption (he has birth parent fears) and while I think his concerns are valid, I don’t share them. I think part of this is that I’ve been thinking about adoption for much longer than he has. Even before I met Brett, I thought I would have three or four kids and that I would birth two and adopt the others. That plan has wavered (after I had Noah, I wanted to birth three) but adoption has always been part of my picture.
Although I loved being pregnant and nursing Noah, I don’t think I would really mourn the loss of doing that again. I don’t think any woman ever gets enough of feeling her baby kick so I think I could have 20 million babies and I would still miss those baby bumps and rolls but the rest of pregnancy wasn’t something I mind missing. Depending on the age/ability of the child we would adopt, relactation is certainly on the table but if I had to use formula as a supplement or entirely, I wouldn’t be too wrought up about it. I figured I’d contact everyone I know and get ‘em to get on those awful baby lists to get me free formula so that I wouldn’t have to give those evil corporations any money. Or as little money as possible.
It’s so nice to feel hopeful again. I know we’re going to have another child but I just don’t know how/when/who. That’s pretty exciting. I’ve been talking to Noah about adoption and he’s coming around (for Noah).
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