OMG! There is so much to do and I feel like I'm going at super slow speed even though I know I'm not. It just dawned on me that I didn't post an update as to how yesterday went, oops!
The doctor appointment went great! Our boy is 9 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long. I still can't believe how big he is, he's almost doubled his weight from birth. The doctor said everything looked great however the foster mom wanted to know if we should have his eyes checked since he was born at 35 weeks. He thought it would be a good idea but he didn't seem too concerned. So we need to find a pediatric ophthalmologist or he suggested that maybe a regular one could do it to just call and ask or to maybe check with our new pediatrician.
Then yesterday afternoon we met with the birth mom and social worker to discuss the Cooperative Agreement (visits, pics, contact, etc...). That meeting went great as well! I'm so glad we found someone that wants to have a very open adoption cause that is what we want too. She is so sweet and such a caring person, I can't wait to build a relationship with her.
There has been a change in plans. The birth mom is going to take him during the day on Saturday and then she will drop him off at our house to spend the night :) Then on Sunday we will take him back to the foster mom. Placement will happen on Monday at 5pm, whooohoooo!
Some of you may not know about MN law on adoption so here is a high level overview. The birth mom needs to sign Consents of Adoption, she has up to 60 days to sign these once the baby is placed (she will be signing these sometime next week). Once she signs these she has 14 days (10 business days) to revoke, on the 15th day it is irrevocable. Then we wait 90 days to finalize the adoption. So even though he is being placed with us on Monday it is not a done deal. So until the Consent is signed and we are at the 15th day after that I may not be able to breath easily. However I feel it is highly unlikely that the birth mom will change her mind, at least from what I currently know about her and also what the foster mom has said to us since she has gotten to know her pretty well. I will keep everyone posted as to progress on the Consent.
About Me
- Linda & Dan
- After one miscarriage, being diagnosed with unexplained infertility and having tried numerous treatments our hearts turned to domestic adoption. We were homestudy approved in October '06 and have been waiting on a match since November '06. This is our amazing journey to parenthood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We were matched on 7/13/07 and our son was forever in our arms on 7/23/07.
3 comments:
Thanks for the continuous updates! We love hearing that every thing is progressing. Hopefully your first night with your new son will go well and that you enjoy it all. (I KNOW you won't mind if he doesn't sleep at all!) Best wishes to you all.
Sheila & Tod
We so can't wait for sleepless nights! Dan and I have been dreaming about this for years. I'm sure some of you think we are completely crazy but we are looking forward to it. Please remind me in a couple weeks when I post that I'm sleep deprived ;-)
This is so exciting. When you're sleep deprived, I'll come over for a couple of hours so you can have a nap!! Can't wait to hear how the first night is!
~Jill
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