Originally Posted By friendofdd Jonvn, I am so sorry to hear that you and your wife suffered that kind of loss. I think it is probably a difficult decision for a couple to adopt a baby who may ba a drug addict when born. I have a number of friends who have adopted in recent years and most of them have gone overseas to Africa and Asia for their babies. Don't know the particulars. It may have to do with drug babies or, perhaps, it is a less complicated procedure to go elsewhere. I do know we sure do have some cute new children in our church family and they don't always resemble their parents.
Originally Posted By jonvn We were able to figure out why it was happening, and were able to have a child. Unfortunately, it happened very late in life, and while I wanted many children, we were only able to have the one. It cuts me to pieces when he says he wants brothers and sisters. But those were the cards that were dealt, and that's how it goes.
Originally Posted By jdub >>we suffered 5 miscarriages in our marriage at different steps along the way. I know what the "baby" looks like, because I've seen it. << Yes, I've seen my miscarried baby, as well--and aside from it showing me firsthand that it's not at all the clasically-quoted "just a bunch of cells," I don't know what this has to do with this discussion (either Huckabee as a foot-mouth, abortion as "holocaust," OR the worth of carrying a surprise pregnancy to term for the benefit of aspiring parents).
