Good morning everyone!

Today I thought I’d share how Andrew and I reached the decision to adopt. We have always known we wanted to have children and I have some medical issues that would make that hard on me. So from the start of thinking of growing our family we thought we’d try for one child naturally and one by adoption.

After being married for a few years and buying a house, we realized we were ready to start expanding our family (through more than just Goldy). We saw a couple specialists and I tried going off one of my medications. My body didn’t respond well to that change, and I ended up feeling pretty crappy and having more tests done. While it is possible for me to carry a child through pregnancy, it wouldn’t be a positive experience and my medical conditions would suffer and there were serious risks for myself and the child.

Andrew and I discussed it and decided against taking that risk. Instead, we decided to move forward with our plan to adopt. We dove in head first and very excited about this opportunity! We did our research and read a few books on adoption.

Ultimately we decided to go with Adoption Minnesota as our agency and started the process to adopt an infant. Now we’ve been “in the book” (legally ready and eligible to adopt) since January 2020. We are still just beyond excited to adopt and cannot wait to meet our future child and their birth family!

Natalie