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Dealing With a Loss in Adoption

Failed adoption? Contested adoption? Disrupted adoption? A group where hopeful parents can ask questions, gain insight, and start to heal during this difficult time.

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Heartbroken after another failed adoption

We were supposed to adopt a baby about a month ago. We had everything ready for the baby & two days before she changed her mind, which I know she’s…
- Posted by Jaymee88 to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on May 16, 2013 at 3:40am | 8 Comments | Post a reply
Expectant Parent(EP) and mother of 8 dies on Thanksgiving Day 2012

I am sorry to have to post that an Expectant Parent (EP) that I was working with this past summer died on Thanksgiving Day 2012 from a seizure and internal…
- Posted by jtwinkle,http://www.jkpadopt.yolasite.com to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Dec 29, 2012 at 7:55pm | 2 Comments | Post a reply
So heartbroken!

We just lost our 4 adoptive children to a foster mother who told the state 4 times that she did not want to adopt the children. We wanted these children…
- Posted by tripplethefun to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Nov 21, 2012 at 4:08am | 8 Comments | Post a reply
The sun will shine after the storm...

Don’t give up! I was reading some miscellaneous posts across the internet. Here are some comments I read with regard to adoption losses: One EP wrote, “The family that got…
- Posted by jtwinkle,http://www.jkpadopt.yolasite.com to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Oct 06, 2012 at 11:50pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Sad reminder

Today I happened to drive past a pumpkin patch being set up for Halloween. Last year when I drove past it I put it in the memory bank that I…
- Posted by Kat7 to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Sep 27, 2012 at 12:58am | 3 Comments | Post a reply
Grieving our loss....

My husband and I were picked by a birthmom about 7 weeks before her delivery. We built a relationship with her over that time by texting/talking every day. Our baby…
- Posted by jpfarmgirl to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Aug 07, 2012 at 8:02am | 7 Comments | Post a reply
Overwhelmed

We were matched with a mom on May 30 who was due to gave birth July 13. We were so hopeful. She seemed like she was in a great place…
- Posted by hopeforthechildless to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on Jul 16, 2012 at 2:59am | 23 Comments | Post a reply
So sad right now, another loss

Just hurting, need to voice things, sorry. We were matched, she was born, spent day with her in the hospital, all was going great, went to pick her up the…
- Posted by Evening Rain to Dealing With a Loss in Adoption on May 26, 2012 at 3:11am | 8 Comments | Post a reply