Season 2. Episode 3.
The adoption path to parenthood.
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WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS EPISODE
1:25- Becoming a parent. What that looked like for Natalie & Katie
2:40- Was getting pregnant easy or hard? What if it didn't work? Did we have a back-up plan?
4:45- Have we ever thought about adoption.
7:00- Welcome Jodie
7:55- Her infertility journey
14:00- When adoption became the next option
14:45- Feeling attached. Was she ever worried?
16:30- Everyone's story is unique
17:00- Where do you start with the adoption process. Important questions you need to consider.
18:00- Why they picked an open adoption
18:57- Laws surrounding adoption
21:00- The in-depth process of adoption and what it takes.
25:14- Choosing the age of the child you want to adopt
26:39- The Christmas card story
31:30- Timeframe. For them it was quick.
34:17- Birth parents and being picked
36:05- Excitement tempered with hesitation
37:41- "Dating" the birth parents
38:52- How the birth works
41:00- Birth Story
43:58- Strength of the birth parents
45:26- Telling your child they are adopted
49:58- Deciding if you do it again
53:33- Advice for listeners considering adoption
54:29- Advice you would give yourself years ago?
55:00 MINTUE WITH MIKE
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