Babies on the Brain

Deciding between adoption and conceiving

My wife and I are thinking about having another baby. We have two already. The first one we conceived through a sperm donor and the second we adopted. We're weighing the benefits of each and we're honestly stuck. It was a lot easier with our first, since only my wife had to file for adoption and it's a lot easier when one of the partners is related to the child already. It was a lot more difficult to adopt our daughter jointly.

 I just don't want our daughter to think we didn't adopt again because something's wrong with her. She's deaf and I don't want her to think we think any less of her when she's older, or think that we chose to conceive because of her disability, because it's simply not true. I'm hoping if we raise her open and with enough self-esteem that she won't feel this way in the future. I loved being pregnant and it's just easier to go through with it that way. Any advice?

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