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So exciting and very happy for you guys!!!!

We were told "personal check" only.

Great news! Congratulations!!!

Scott- Great point and I am glad you mentioned it as I have been meaning to but forgot. Totally ridiculous right!!! I just learned this a few weeks ago and found it to be so annoying and extremely discriminatory. I do see the medical sides view point as short term disability (which is where the maternity pay would come from if I gave birth myself) only kicks in if its a medical necessity, but seems like there should be a clause or somewhere. I work in healthcare and my company is owned by Aetna Insurance which really burned me up to learn about this. I am lucky as my liberal HR ladies think this is bologna too and are working on trying to work something out for me...but we will see. Not always, but a lot of the time when families get to the point of adoption they have already paid tens of thousands in fertility treatments (at least we did), and now must pay a lot of money for a family (services only but you know what I mean), then not to get paid LIKE ALL OTHER MOTHERS DO, is really frustrating. So, in regards to all of this talk about adoption financing and whether some thinks it is or is not a good idea, this just shows why adopting families do need a little extra help and that's OK. I don't think receiving money from a fundraiser, a foundation, family or wherever has any impact at all on ones ability to parent. Nor do I think parents will have a hard time explaining that topic to their child. When your child is old enough to ask you about the money aspect they are probably old enough to hear your struggles and how you did so much to get them and how grateful you were for that one little extra gift. I tried to avoid commenting on this topic but I couldn't resist this morning. Also, I am typing on an iPad, which is an awful experience, so please forgive my brevity and typos. Bridgett

Preach on Ellen! Thanks for your input, I couldn't agree more. B&T

I could not have said it better!

Thank you! We really hope to hear something soon. It feels great to be moving forward. Yes, this is our first time adopting and we are so excited!!! I look at the forum a lot. Once I figured out how to navigate through it, it's a piece of cake with a ton of info. Hopefully we will hear something soon and can start making plans...we will be coming from Denver.

Hi! We sent our application in and would love to get invited to the Orientation! Can't wait to hear the news soon so we can get out plane tickets. Looking forward to getting started!