Help me figure out some firsts??

I guess I didn't explain myself well enough, or no one wants to help me out... Oh well. :( thanks anyway.

How about "when did you get the call - what were you doing?" Regardless of the type of adoption, there is usually a call involved that ultimately leads us to our child.

We are just starting ours, and I am planning on taking a picture of the social worker to use in our child's adoption story. D.

"Your Foster Family" "The Orphanage Where you Lived" "Your Country of Birth" "The Trip Home" "The First People That Greeted Me" "My New Family" You might also want to use some poetry on your pages, as there are lots of adoption poems that would work well. Good luck! Jennifer

We adopted internationally and these are some of the things we noticed as firsts... First time she rode in a car First time she walked on carpet First time in a restaurant First time she wore shoes First time she rode in a stroller First time we saw her smile First time she saw an adult's bare shoulder First plane ride First time in a car seat

What about Finalization Day? I am intrigued by embryo adoption, and am actually glad it's out there... Do you have IVF? Will you have ultrasounds? And of ccourse, will you know anything about the donors? (sorry not trying to be nosy, but thinking of stuff for your own child's babybook - it will be unique!) Maia

Thank you all for your help! You've given me absolutely new ideas! I'm hoping that I can work them into a neat present for my friends... We've had IVF before, and it never got beyond the egg fertilization stage (none survived). With embryo donation, that stage has already been completed; what happens is that the embryos are implanted into me. (and hopefully they "stick"). If the pregnancy is successful, it'd be like any other pregnancy, 'cept that the genetic material inside me isn't mine. ;) Actually, we do know about the donors - it's a weird & wonderful (and chaotic) thing... I had been frequenting a chat site (much more generic than this one), and had gotten to know the people on the site. One person was a woman who had a daughter going through IVF at the same time as me. I got to "chatting" via email with both women. The daughter was successful (got PG), I did not, so we kinda stopped chatting directly, but I stayed in touch with the grandmother through the site. Well, they recently contacted me about wanting to donate their leftover embryos! The only bad thing about this, is that none of us know what we're doing, so it's taking a while to figure out what processes we need to go through.

wow, that is an amazing story! Good luck, take care, and I hope you keep on telling us your tale as it progresses :) Include in your baby's book: How the Internet Helped us Find you :) Maia