It's been ten years since the night of the party and you honestly cannot help but to look back fondly on it. It's the first night you met [LI] who has now become your wife/husband. You've both graduated from not only your undergrad programs, but from your respective graduate/law school/medical school programs and are each working in your dream jobs - (Name Them). You and [LI] could not be happier right now. However, there does seem to be something missing. The pitter patter of little feet. So, you and [LI] decide to start trying for a family, you spend [roll] year(s) trying and failing to get pregnant, but nothing happens. No pregnancy.
You see a fertility doctor who unfortunately informs you that between the two of you there is a low sperm count and apparently a previously undiagnosed case of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome between you. The chance of you two having a biological child together is next to near impossible. The first thought of it stuns you both, you go home with that knowledge and both discuss some options, but you mostly grieve your loss. Both you and [LI] have always wanted a big family, you as an only child and then [LI] comes from a big family with a slew of brothers and sisters.
It takes you [roll] months to finally broach the subject of what you two want to do next, stay childless or look into adoption. It's an easy discussion between us and we decide we want to look into adoption. The first thing we decide is we want to look into both international adoption and into domestic adoption. It takes us some time to find an agency to work with and then to get our home looked into and approved for viability. It's a longer process then expected, but a year later you've been set up by the agency and made an adoption book and just hoped that you would be matched with someone; then one day you were.
Your case worker informs you that you've been chosen by a young teen, [Blank], who has fallen pregnant. She wants the adoption to be closed. While you feel sorry for the girl, an excitement does well inside of your chest. You and [LI] want this, you want to be parents. You meet with [birth mother] and she comes to your house. You all talk and in the end, you sign the papers. You agree to help pay for the cost of her pregnancy from now on, from making sure her medical bills are paid, new maternity clothes are purchased and help her with getting good healthy food. Other than that there is minimal contact which works well for all parties.
We find out at the six month mark that [birth mother] is expecting a [roll]. Either sex would have been okay, but you and [LI] are just so thrilled. The first thing you both do is go to half a dozen baby stores and purchase all the things you have always wanted to buy. You spend hours after, well into the night and wee hours of the morning setting up a nursery. It looks so beautiful and you honestly cry. You never thought that first night after seeing the infertility doctor you would ever get to set up a nursery.
The rest of the pregnancy goes by so fast, I work through the whole situation by working extra hours and then well, it happens. [birth mother] goes into labor. It's a quick one and we're there the whole time in the waiting room. Your little one is born perfect with [roll] hair and [roll] eyes weighing in at 7 pounds and 9 ounces and 23 inches long. [birth mother] signs away her rights without ever seeing [him/her]. You feel incredible when you look down and just know [blank] is coming home with you. Where they belong and you and [LI] feel such joy as you strap them into their car seat to take [blank] home.
Years Spent Trying to Conceive:
1. 2
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
5. 1
6. 1
Birth Mother's Name: First/Middle & Last
Baby's Gender:
Odd - Boy Even - Girl
Nursery:
Hair Color:
1. Red
2. Blonde
3. Brown
4. Black
5. Blonde
6. Your Choice
Eye Color:
1. Blue
2. Green
3. Hazel
4. Brown
5. Brown
6. Your Choice
Baby's Name: