We are so excited to be parents!!
An average adoption in the U.S. costs $30,000-50,000. Any way that you can help is greatly appreciated!!
We decided to adopt because in 2021 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It came only a couple of months after we got married & I was terrified. Terrified about what this meant for the future, terrified it would be too much for Brian, terrified it would be too much for me. But it hasn’t been. For a while, Brian made all my appointments, managed all my new medications, begged me to take said medications, and watched me struggle and cry…a lot.
But eventually, things started to get easier. Life fell into a rhythm again. The right meds, the right doctors, the right tactics. And it finally felt like time to start thinking about having a baby…
I knew I’d have to stop taking all my meds to try to get pregnant, i.e. none of the meds were safe to take while pregnant. So then we had a choice, shift our idea of having genetic kids & look into other options or risk my health at the shot of having genetic kids. But we also had to consider that bipolar can be genetically passed on. And ultimately, for me, that made the decision. I couldn’t watch my kids suffer like I have knowing I could’ve made the choice to not pass it on. And Brian couldn’t watch me suffer off my meds for us to have a family.
So the decision was made. We were going to adopt! The longer we sat with it, the more right it felt. The longer we thought about it the easier the decision became. And don’t get me wrong, the adoption process is hard, has already been hard. But then again, there is not a single easy way that I know of to create a family. And we know it’s worth it to bring this baby into our world. We will love them with every piece of who we are. We are so ready to be parents!
