jessjohninlove

Thanks a bunch, Calix. The Creating a Family website is great. I am so excited for the possibilities...

John and I have two dogs (brother and sister) that are mid-sized. We both grew up with dogs and we consider them part of our family. I was talking with a family member and they suggested we get rid of them when the baby comes. I was taken aback. We are committed dog owners and love our pups so that had never crossed our minds. We did talk about how they bark at everyone who walks by our house and at squirrels/critters and how we will handle this with a sleeping baby. The only instance I could think of as to why we would find another home for our dogs is if our baby was allergic to them. We agree the health of our child is far more important than keeping our pups. I just pray that will never be the case. Raising our dogs has been very eye opening on some of our parenting techniques. We are both very structured people (both engineers by training) and people are always surprised at how well our dogs obey. They are restricted to an area in our home, which was important to me. We spent a lot of time training them and teaching them tricks. I am working on our autobiography right now for our home study and I get to talk about the fun times we have taking our dogs to Lake Michigan and playing with tennis balls in the back yard. They are quite entertaining and they crack us up by how expressive they are.

Wow, lots to consider. Thank you to everyone for your input and referring me to the previous forum comments. My husband and I need to discuss all this and try to determine the best way to proceed. I was just put in contact with another adoptive mom who never concieved and breastfed her adopted baby girl. I can post about her experience if anyone is interested after I meet with her.

Hi Abrazo Forum Network - I just started to research adoptive breastfeeding. I was wondering if anyone has done it and is willing to share their experience. I have read about taking hormones and herbs to help milk production but I am not sure of side-effects, etc. I would love to be able to breastfeed our future baby (Lord willing!). We are just starting our home study and have yet to attend the Abrazo Orientation. I want to make sure I get a schedule together for how long to set aside before we could get our baby to prepare to breastfeed if that is possible. Thanks for any help! Jessica