Any Other Adoptive Moms Here?

[mandm'smommy]

I would just like to connect with some other adoptive moms..maybe share stories and advice.

Anyone else on here an adoptive mom? Let me hear from you!



Melissa

[canutillomom]

I'm not an adoptive mommy, but I am an adoptive aunt. My sister adopted a son and my bil and his wife adopted a son and daughter.

Does that count?

[mandm'smommy]

I would say adoptive aunts count

How neat that your family has been touched by adoption twice!

So nice to "meet" you.



Melissa

[canutillomom]

Thanks, it's nice to "meet" you too!

[FaithFilledMentor]

I am an adoptive mom of 2 in addition to our 4 bio children. We adopted our daughter from Russia almost 8 years ago when she was 11 months old. We also have a son that we adopted from Guatemala 4 years ago.

Would love to connect with other adoptive moms.

Sue

[mandm'smommy]

Sue,

Wow!! You have your hands full. Our daughter was born here, and we were able to bring her home from the hospital. When she was 2 years old we got the surprise of our lives --I was pregnant. My son is now 2 and my daughter will be 5 this month.

I do think at some point we may adopt again--or I would like, to as we can not have any other biological children (my son was a surprise and blessing, but that cannot happen again).



Melissa

[FaithFilledMentor]

Melissa,

How fun to be able to bring her right home from the hospital. I love it when I hear of people who are blessed with such a wonderful surprise when it wasn't supposed to happen - what a miracle!

While the adoption process of our children was certainly an emotional roller-coaster at times, it was so worth it and I feel very blessed. My kids never tire of hearing their adoption story.

~Sue

[rachelb5499]

I'm an adopted aunt/mommy. LOL What I mean is, I was adopted as an aunt by my best friend's kids as soon as they were born but their mom got into some trouble so now I'm raising my nephew full-time and my nieces part-time.

My name is Jenny. Nice to meet you all!

[FaithFilledMentor]

Nice to meet you Jenny! You sound like one busy lady! I went to your website & your soaps and lotions sound really nice. I love goat's milk lotions and handmade soaps.

We should have a folder for adoptive moms on here!

Sue

[rachelb5499]

Thanks, Sue! I AM pretty busy! WAHMS always get an extra 10% off their order if they put "WAHM" in the notes so don't be shy about ordering, heh heh!

Also if any of you adopted mom's/aunts/families don't save BoxTops from cereal boxes, cake mixes, etc. for YOUR kid's schools, how about saving them and sending them to me for my nephew's school? I've attached a photo to show what we're trying to collect for our school.

I think it would be really cool to have a folder for adopted "mommies." All kinds of mommies need support and to know they're not alone!