In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about their first meeting with birth family, unusually before the adoption order has been granted. They also share where they are in the legal process as well as about a CLA review that they hosted in their h...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M describe the medical advisor meeting that took place before matching panel, as well as all the paperwork that needed to be completed. They also share what happened on the day of matching panel itself, h...

In this episode Mr and Mrs M share how Baby M's first birthday went, what they did to celebrate and things they needed to take into consideration. They then move on to share about how Christmas was very different from previous year...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about their meeting with the court appointed guardian for Baby M. They also share how they have been getting on during the week of the final court hearing, and the final outcome. Get in touch wit...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about a recent court hearing for Baby M's case. Due to the court hearing falling on a Tuesday, there was no contact that day which meant that Mrs M and Baby M attended our Local Authority's 'Adop...

In this episode, Mr & Mrs M share how it has been to settle into life as a family of 3. This includes: Contact arrangements with birth parents and the intricacies that come with that. Mr M goes back to...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the next part of their adoption journey, including the outcome of the court hearing. Did Baby M arrive home? Listen in and find out! We love hearing from you. Please get in touch at adoptiondiari...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the outcome of the viability assessment and how they have felt over the past month of waiting. Get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.comLeave us a nice review to spread the word!&n...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give the listeners an update on the progress of their adoption journey. Plus they share about a training morning that Mrs M went on about 'Life Story Work'. Get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodca...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss a meeting they had the day after their approval panel when their link with a child became official. They also explain what they have been doing to prepare themselves for the imminent arrival of...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share their experience of Approval Panel: how they prepared, who was there, what they asked and how it felt. They also reveal the outcome! Get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodcast@gm...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about an exciting phone call with their social worker, and the very rapid sequence of meetings they will be having after their approval panel. Please do get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespod...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M reflect back over Stage 2 of the adoption process and discuss what they would recommend for other prospective adopters and their supporters. You'll also get to hear some exciting news! Get...

In this episode of 'The Adoption Diaries', Mr and Mrs M share their experience of the infamous and very long 'Matching Meeting', the last of their home visits with their social worker. They also share about a Network Event, a sibli...

In this episode of the Adoption Diaries, the M's are back from their holiday, and they have finished their Home Visits! They take the listeners on a deep dive into the content of the following visits: Visit 4: Life...

In this week's episode, Mr and Mrs M share their thoughts on APT 3  & 4 (their final 2 full days of training before the "on-the-job" type). They also discuss their uncertainties around whether to adopt one, or two children. 

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss how they felt and what happened when they first met their Stage 2 social worker. They discuss their first 3 home assessment visits which were: Visit 1: Initial Home Visit<...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M describe two of the training/support events put on by their local authority for prospective adopters. They also share their journey and reason to adopt and answer their first ever listener question! <...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M explain what the Stage 1 Review meeting was like and how they started to share their exciting news more widely with family and friends. In the episode, Mr M mentions a helpful episode of The Adoption S...

Mr and Mrs M share their experience of Adoption Preparation Training (days 1 and 2) and Early Permanence Training. The video that Mr M refers to can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8j4XRxSck Email ques...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give you a run through of all the forms and checks that they needed to complete during Stage 1. They also share some of the content from Workbooks 1 and 2 which form the basis of the Stage 1 Report and Prospective ...

We hear Mr and Mrs M's reflections on 'Foundation Day', the final part of the pre-stage process before formally submitting an "Expression of Interest" to adopt. **Disclaimer** - this episode goes into a lot of detail about what we ...

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss their journey to making the decision to go for adoption rather than other more traditional routes to starting a family. Email comments and questions to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd l...

In this episode, we introduce Mr and Mrs M and the reason for starting a podcast (despite being total novices!) We hope that you enjoy joining our journey through the adoption process in the UK. Email comments and ques...