tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post7190349277424565911..comments2023-05-01T11:01:19.417-05:00Comments on Henry Street: Home Study Visit #1Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996214314229242361noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-16333886301175200772008-07-20T09:15:00.000-05:002008-07-20T09:15:00.000-05:00Since you've tried so many different avenues and h...Since you've tried so many different avenues and had so many different kinds of losses, it must be awfully hard to imagine that anything will actually work out the way you want it to. <BR/><BR/>And I wish I had something more comforting to say.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-3566983570328829342008-07-18T02:35:00.000-05:002008-07-18T02:35:00.000-05:00A year and a half is a very very long time.I strug...A year and a half is a very very long time.<BR/><BR/>I struggle with learning how to live instead of just "waiting". Waiting, waiting, waiting.<BR/><BR/>And so desperate when you have no idea how long till the end is in sight!<BR/><BR/>Waiting with you - if that counts for anything.<BR/><BR/>BarbsBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890663570732346315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-18573024450708891372008-07-16T12:48:00.000-05:002008-07-16T12:48:00.000-05:00I feel the "no hope" feelings too. It's even hard...I feel the "no hope" feelings too. It's even harder because I work with children and see some numbskulled parents who keep popping babies out and they can NOT take care of them. It hurts so badly. I hope your adoption journey goes quickly to a baby. I'm not sure that my husband is convinced to adopt so...Hang in there! I'm pulling for you!MtnGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882656639070055494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-45704080519820235022008-07-16T01:26:00.000-05:002008-07-16T01:26:00.000-05:00it's so hard embarking on a new process, with all ...it's so hard embarking on a new process, with all the uncertainty and unknown, the new timeline, the new things that will be beyond our control. I waver between feeling hopeful and exhausted by it all, and our home study hasn't even begun. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you made it through the first visit. but this process brings to the surface so many issues. our facilitator seemed pretty adamant about undergoing some counseling to help resolve infertility issues and loss, since adoption has its whole own set of emotions too...<BR/><BR/>hope you are doing something good to pass the time in the meantime...lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-69160324590542499712008-07-16T00:07:00.000-05:002008-07-16T00:07:00.000-05:00I'm so sorry you feel so much sorrow. This is trul...I'm so sorry you feel so much sorrow. This is truly the worst part of the process - whether adopting or doing IVF or just waiting and trying... it's the not knowing. When we hit the point where we don't think it's ever going to happen... well it's a dark, dark hole. And I hope you can find light in there someday, hopefully someday soon. I have so much hope for you still. You will make a WONDERFUL parent and I really really hope they see that. But just going through the process has to be so frustrating, so demeaning in some ways... being judged, being weighed and considered. It's so unfair, all of it. :(Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003334714597731355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-25001403562198367262008-07-15T17:20:00.000-05:002008-07-15T17:20:00.000-05:00I don't know why it has to be so hard, sometimes.I...I don't know why it has to be so hard, sometimes.<BR/>I too, am doing those things we do when we want to have hope, but just can't seem to muster it.<BR/><BR/>It will happen. We must hold on to that.<BR/>Hugs,<BR/>-D.Dramalishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02596864687460087812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-86756270145848861122008-07-15T16:56:00.000-05:002008-07-15T16:56:00.000-05:00I am glad the process is moving along. I fear the...I am glad the process is moving along. I fear the home study. <BR/><BR/>Just keep remembering that you don't have to rely on your body to do this. This may be a long road, but there is a baby at the end of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26805135.post-39289438983949152932008-07-15T13:33:00.000-05:002008-07-15T13:33:00.000-05:00I'm sorry you feel so without hope, Rachel. I hav...I'm sorry you feel so without hope, Rachel. I have heard that the home study can cause you to relive a lot of the negative emotions of infertility. I think you are taking steps forward, I only wish it could go faster for you.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799401502134619497noreply@blogger.com