Adoption class

Well not too much to say.. the last two classes have been really interesting but not so informative, so there's not much to pass on. Two weeks ago we had the adoptive parent panel and that was great to see all the different kinds of adoption that can happen and how they worked out for these couples. For example: trans-racial,special needs, third party and there was a recent adoption) We loved hearing their stories and hearing their advice for all of us, pretty much they said don't give up and to network, tell everyone you know that you are adopting, you don't know who is going to know someone that is placing a child for adoption and they may be looking for you! Last week was the adoptive parent panel, or birthmother panel, it was really neat to see adoption from their point of view, what it is like for them to place a baby for adoption, what they deal with, and have dealt with. This class helped us to think more about what kind of relationship we would like to have with a future birth mother and it made us think about how to help them feel appreciated and loved from us, with all they have to deal with after placement. It was a good class, and it is nice to know it isn't all "bad" girls that get pregnant, just good girls who made little bad decisions one after another until they ended up pregnant. We like our adoption classes and it has helped us to understand the different sides of adoption.