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Denise
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11th, 2008 01:18 pm |
Hi friends! Just want to say "hello" and introduce myself. My name is Denise and I'm a volunteer counselor at Loving Choices, Rogers, and also an adoptive mama! I'm looking forward to some great discussions and friendships here on our new community message board!
Denise
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Robyn
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 05:49 pm |
We too have adopted and it was an amazing experience. I am not writing seeking to adopt now, but to relay our story and the gift of LIFE that a birthmother gave to our family! I had 3 miscarriages over a 1.5 year span, after successful pregnancies and deliveries of 3 children (now aged 8,6, and 3). All of my miscarriages occurred around 17 weeks (my last 2 were precious boys I delivered). After many tests and seeing a specialist in California I was diagnosed with Antiphospholipid syndrome. I could have tried to conceive again with a regiman that included shots, multiple medicines and even blood transfusions, for another complication they found. I didn't really want to be "pregnant" again, I just wanted another child. So, my husband and I decided to pray about it and if the desire for another child did not go away, perhaps God had different plans for us through adoption. The desire for another child did not go away, it became stronger. So, we started the process of looking to adopt. After many discouragments from places and people (due to our already having 3 kids), within a month of starting the process we were called about twin boys that were born 2 months premature. The rest is history. We met them when they were 5 days old...they were OURS!!!!! None of us can imagine our life without them. God knew exactly the plan he had for us and he has a plan for their birthmother too! We have never met her, but I pray for her daily and my sons will grow up knowing how much she loved them and the gift of life she unselfishly gave them! I am now involved with Loving Choices, because if I can not help my sons' birthmother, perhaps I can help another who is struggling and needs support in the path she is on. The gift of life in my 5 children is the greatest gift I have ever received. My twin sons have their deceased brothers names as their middle names. It is a reminder that God knows what he is doing even in the midst of our tragedies. They are our miracles! My verse for the grief and joy over the last 2 years that has sustained me is Jeremiah 29:11.."For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord....plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you HOPE and a future."
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 11:11 pm |
Hey, Robyn... I have APS too! That is how we lost Abigail (see my post in pregnancy loss). We've had Ethan and Eric now, but I have to take shots twice daily...
Interesting!!
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Robyn Nolen
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 11:45 pm |
so funny....I read the blog today and read your family site....and I was like, "Jessica, I have the exact same thing Catherine has." Wish we could have visited about it before! Your website was such a gift to me when I was in the midst of our losses....a friend gave it to me! We'll have to talk sometime about the Dr. we sent all of my stuff to in California...Dr. Beers Institute...the website is http://www.repro-med.net ( i think....it has been a while)....it was the first place to start looking into autoimmune conditions in pregnant women and has an amazing track record...I'll have to show you sometime the packet they sent me after all my blood tests were completed....they don't mess around....the regiman they gave me would have been much more expensive than even IVF....I am so glad that you were diagnosed when you were so that you did not lose another precious child. What a gift Abigail has been to so many through your website!
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Denise
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| Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 05:27 pm |
I am now involved with Loving Choices, because if I can not help my sons' birthmother, perhaps I can help another who is struggling and needs support in the path she is on. The gift of life in my 5 children is the greatest gift I have ever received.
Interesting - that is sort of what drew me to Loving Choices, too. I am so incredibly grateful for our two birth mothers. We do have limited contact with them, though we haven't met them in person, as they live in Russia and we need to use translators. But we pray for them each day and love them so much!! It's so amazing how the Lord weaves us together here at LC. He has hand chosen each woman who volunteers as well as each client who enters the door. It amazes me. You and Catherine have the same diagnosis, I myself experienced infertility before adopting. My daughter, too, is named Abigail Grace, that's a dear connection to me. I never thought I'd be able to walk into a pregnancy center, because I thought it would be a reminder of the pain of infertility that I have experienced. But it is so healing! The Lord has given me a love for LC and all the women.... staff, clients, the little babies that we get to see come visit us.
Now I feel like calling for a group hug. 
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