For Adoptive Couples

Related Articles

• Trends in Pregnancy and Birth
• What to Read? Pregnancy Magazines
• A New Life Begins

Profile Search

Profile Id Search

Cheryl

During The Last Week Our Profile Was To Be Up, Our Birthmother E-mailed Us.I have been meaning to write you folks at ParentProfiles.com for some time now to thank you for your website. I really like the new format of the website. It is very readable and eye catching. We are so grateful for the miracle that your service has provided for our family. My husband and I had our Parent Profile posted on your website for over two years. During that time we had quite a few inquiries by birthparents, but none panned out for us. At the end of the contract time, a representative from your company called to ask if we wanted to renew. At that point in time, we had given up entirely on the possibility of ever adopting, so we did not extend our contract and asked that our Profile be taken down at the end of September when our contract ran out.

On the very last week that our Profile was up, a young girl E-mailed us after seeing our Profile on the ParentProfiles.com website. We responded back like we always did, and to our amazement, she began to E-mail us every day, sometimes multiple times each day. We became instant friends over the Internet. She was about 5 months pregnant at that time, and wanted to have her baby adopted. She said she kept coming back to our story, and she liked the fact that we didn't live very far away. We were in the same state and about 2 1/2 hours away from where she lived.

Slowly, she got to know us better, and finally she called on our 800 number. We talked the first time for about 3 hours. We talked about everything. We had so many things in common it was unbelievable. We finally met her and her mother and sisters in person at Christmas time. She told us she had definitely decided that we were the right family for her baby. On January 13th, the birthmother's aunt called and said she was in labor. We were less than 20 minutes away, and went right to the hospital. We saw our new baby girl in the nursery for the first time, and got to rock her and feed her. It was truly a miracle. By law, we had to wait 48 hours to take the baby from the hospital, which we did, and have had her with us, and have loved and cherished her ever since. We still keep in E-mail contact with the birthmother and send photos and updates on her progress. She will be christened this weekend with a big party with family and friends. She is truly a miracle baby, and we love her more every day.

We feel that this wonderful adoption experience would not have been possible without the help of ParentProfiles.com, and a lot of divine intervention! If our birthmother had not looked at your Profile at the exact time she did, it would not have been up the following week for her to see. We cannot imagine what our lives would be like if we would have missed this opportunity for our family. My hope for other waiting adoptive parents is that they will continue their search for the right adoption for them and have the patience that is often necessary to wait it out. We almost lost what has been the most wonderful and life-changing experience we have ever had, because we wavered and gave up. Only the divine hand of God saved us from ourselves. Adoption can be a difficult process, but believe me, it is so worth it in the end. We are a living testimony to the fact that it can happen if it is meant to be and if you keep the faith and do your part.