We have chosen international adoption.
We have chosen a country.
We have chosen an agency.
We have submitted our initial adoption application.
Bring on the piles of paperwork!
Because the agency we chose has an electronic confidentiality policy, I cannot identify the country we chose until the adoption is complete. But I can tell you that we're adopting from Africa. (And our decision has nothing to do with certain well-meaning but annoying celebrities, I assure you.) The country we chose is one we've been discussing for about six months, since we first learned that it allows international adoptions. More recently, we thought that we would choose either domestic adoption or a Central or South American country, but for various logistical or emotional reasons our research always led us back to the country we've now selected. We are excited to get started!
In other news, I feel kind of guilty about selling short my friends and family in my last post. They are supportive of our decision to adopt, even if they have questioned me about the timing of our decision and our choice to proceed with adoption before seeing the recurrent loss specialist. I do think they're looking out for me, though they don't always say the "right" things. Being overly sensitive and/or defensive are just some of the lovely personality traits I've gained from my fertility struggles!
