I was thinking of asking the board owners to do a forum for parenting after adoption/fostercare would anyone be interested in that. I just want to keep this as a safe place for people to come and talk and vent about the process and then have an area were we can still talk and be connected since I feel like there are many of us that have actually formed like a bond. Sorry that is one big run on sentence.

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I'm on the fence as personally I think soon I won't have foster kids (so I don't know if I belong on either side). . . we plan on taking a break (with the exception of respite) 1) because we plan on traveling quite a bit this summer (going along with DH with work as well as a trip to Mexico for vaca) and 2) the kids will be in trial home placement I want to make sure if they are return to care they will be returned to us!

This last year has definitely been very eye opening! I so love chatting with you girls.

Also the parenting after IVF board is deader than dead - but the pregnancy after IVF still gets the grads to check pretty regularly - so I'm scare the same may occur here as well!

talk about a wishy washy answer!

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Jadon (DS) (clomid) 10-18-02
Jarrett DS #2 IVF #2 11-2-07
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IVF #1 July 06
Finally Approved for Foster/Adoption Feb 13, 07
IVF # 2 Jan/Feb 2007
BETA #1 3-12 254 BETA #2 3-14 16DP3DT 590 142 7w0d; 162 8w0

I don't know. Do you think talking about our experiences after finally getting our babies is keeping people from joining here? I'd hate to think that. I know tons and tons of people left the IVF board because they finally "graduated" but they didn't have to leave. We needed to hear their stories and see their babies to keep the faith that it could work for us too.

Maybe we could use our private board as a place to talk about our already here kids? Or maybe we could use the tried and true caveats and announce in our post titles that we are talking about kids, i.e. child ment., etc. That way if people didn't want to, they would know not to read those threads?

with Jenn. There is hardly ever a peep over at the parenting after IVF group.

At this point there are so few of us here maybe we should all just vow to stay together until there are so many of us here it makes more sense to break off. And, Jenn, don't you dare leave. You are part of us. Life happens, transitions happen but that doesn't make you any less wanted or needed here. Your experiences are important to those that haven't been there yet. BTDT moms are very important.

So, that's just my


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Jenn, Umm sorry but you can't leave us no matter what. You have alot of valuable experience and knowledge and you are so supportive and besides I like hearing about all your little ones.

So, I was just think of that because I didn't want anyone who was waiting to feel bad or anything. No one has said anything about it hurting to see the kiddos or anything like that so I guess we are ok now. I don't want to see anyone dwindle away we are such a small group which i kinda like, it keeps the drama away.

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I said maybe. I agree with Marian that if we put child mentioned in the title that could work.
I am not going anywhere after I get home from Ruska. Nope. Can't make me.

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I think that I will like to stay here and share all kind of experience in here. I personally don't mind reading all kind of post...to me it doesn't matter if I am still waiting, I celebrate and get excited when a friend get to bring home their baby...it such a nice feling to know that FINALLY someones dream has come true, especially since most of all has come from IF issues and had to wait so long for that dream to be realized.

Also, it is hard to try to keep up with more then 2 boards at the same time. I already stop posting in the IVF one b/c I felt out of place...I lurk sometimes! and I post at the 30 something parents and here, so it will be too much for me to add one more, but if at the end you decide to make it, I will lurk and post depending on time

So girls, for those of you that are getting your babies soon don't go away and share with us all the excitement and the details...and of course all the sleepless night that you will have in the near future !

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