Surviving the Wait – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Ask AF: How to Cope with the Disappointment of Not Being Chosen by an Expectant Mother https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-to-cope-disappointment-not-being-chosen-prospective-birth-mother-match/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:45:04 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40353 “The Advice I Wish I’d Gotten While Waiting to Adopt” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:44:49 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39923 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/feed/ 1 Ask AF: Feeling Depressed When Friends Announce They’re Pregnant https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/surviving-the-wait/feeling-depressed-about-infertility-when-friends-announce-pregnancies/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:40:02 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39706 Ask AF: Responding to Insensitive and Discouraging Comments During the Wait https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/responding-to-insensitive-discouraging-comments-during-wait-to-adopt/ Thu, 24 May 2018 16:31:18 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38843 Ask AF: Because Baby Showers Are Bad Enough Without Nosy Questions… https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/infertility-struggles-nosy-questions-thoughtless-painful-comments-baby-showers/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/infertility-struggles-nosy-questions-thoughtless-painful-comments-baby-showers/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:07:45 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38479 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/infertility-struggles-nosy-questions-thoughtless-painful-comments-baby-showers/feed/ 1 “A Child’s Garden” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/i-want-to-adopt-a-child/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:30:27 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5622 Adoptive Families with a sense of duty. Then, the hope I felt looking at the made me realize, "I want to adopt a child."]]> Adoption Day Gifts From Russia, with Love https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/adoption-day-gifts/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:30:42 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=7539 How Do You Respond to “How Long Did It Take You to Adopt?” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-long-does-it-take-to-adopt-child-how-parents-respond/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-long-does-it-take-to-adopt-child-how-parents-respond/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 07:03:53 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=37818 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-long-does-it-take-to-adopt-child-how-parents-respond/feed/ 2 “Waiting on a Dream” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/waiting-on-a-dream-long-wait-to-adopt-after-expectant-mother-match/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:46:09 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=37092 “Memory Givers” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/waiting-for-adoption/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:30:33 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=7236