This isn’t about meeting my child for the first time……. This is about meeting the women who chose to GIVE me my second child.

Mike and I woke up way too early. We can’t even be to the hospital until 9:00 am.  We had a little drive and were weren’t sure how long it would take us to get to the hospital. I think we were there by 8:45 am.  This meeting of the birth mom was much more nerve racking compared to when we met Layken’s birth mom.  Seriously can you every be fully prepared to meet the women who chose to give you a child?  With Layken’s birth mom, Amy from our agency was with us and guided us the whole time. This was so very very different.  Mike and I were told to walk right into the hospital, go to labor and delivery floor, ask for birth mom’s room and THEN walk right in and introduce ourselves.  Talk about the most stomach twirling first impression EVER!

Knock Knock……..We enter the room to find probably the sweetest young women I have ever met.  Of coarse she looked just as nervous as we did.  We spent the next few hours visiting with her and praying she loved us as much as we are growing to love her.  Because after meeting us she could decide not to let us keep the baby.  So now you understand why we needed to make a good first impression.  She looked so alone, young and yet relieved. After awhile we felt comfortable around her.  She had lots of questions about what it’s like where we live. I hope some day we can open our home to her.  Mike and I were so affraid of the whole open adoption option.  We don’t have an open adoption, but I do know some day we will meet her again.   I didn’t want to leave her, but she wanted to be alone during the delivery.  So we patiently waited in the super comfy waiting room.  Who am I kidding wait patiently???? (Especially if you know Mike at all.)  We weren’t very patient, and the waiting room was not comfortable at all.  Just like we waited and waited… So will you to hear the rest of the story!