A glimpse into our world.

We are Pregnant on Paper. Sounds funny right? Being paper pregnant can be just as exciting and scary as a natural pregnancy. Although you don't see all the physical changes in your body you still feel the same love growing in your heart.
There are indeed somewhat predictable stages of an adoption pregnancy.

Who Will This Child Be?
The Second Trimester of your expectancy resembles a physical pregnancy's: You imagine LIFE. You don't grow a belly, rather a mound of paperwork. You're through with doctors poking at your body, but social workers poke around your home (ours is WONDERFUL). No more research into medical miracles; now it's finding how to build your family. You start to imagine what kind of parent you will be. You wonder, Who will this child be?
You are moving into unknown territory, and it is natural to be filled with questions, fears and even doubts. You will be judged if your home and marriage are fit for a child, if you will be a fit parent. You will be asked about your feelings on issues that you may never before have given a second thought. You might have no idea what race your child will be, or her heritage or what she might look like. You'll probably stare at every child on the street and wonder, Will mine look like that?
You might have nightmares about your baby being born with two heads, seven toes or polka dots. Of all the children born in this world, which will be mine to love and raise?
Somewhere out there a child waits for you. You have taken a huge step toward that child;
now feel the movement in the universe that will connect you.

The Waiting Game
The Third Trimester: Try to think of this stage as your last hurrah to prepare for the moment when you will get that phone call, when the agency or attorney will match you, when the birth mother will go into labor. IT WILL HAPPEN.
Welcome the child into your life and family before she arrives, just as you would if you carried her in your womb.

~Ready your home for your new bundle.
~Buy diapers, sprinkle baby powder around the room.
~Wash some baby clothes with extra gentle soap.
~Throw yourself a shower.
Do whatever it takes to make it feel real.