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My son�s 2nd adoption anniversary is this month. It�s so weird that he has only been my �legal� son for 2 years. It�s almost easy to forget how uncertain things were while I was fostering him and how I lived in fear that something would happen and CPS would take him from me. Now, he�s almost 4 and he has such a personality. He�s also starting to understand �adoption� a little more.   I know there�s so much controversy on celebrating Adoption Days. I don�t really look at is as �celebrating,� I look at it more like �remembering�... talking about how we became a family & reflecting on it. I think as my son gets older that he will have more say in how and what we do to �commemorate� our adoption.  I actually don�t call it �adoption day� or �gotcha day.� I don�t really like those phrases. I refer to it as our �Family Day.� Now that baby boy has arrived, I�m planning to integrate both of their stories in our �family day� tradition. We have a unique situation where one Child is a...

I had my Women's Wellness visit today and was able to meet with my OB. My OB is pregnant! What I didn't know when I was pregnant is that she went through IVF for her first and used the RE that I have a consult with next month. She was surprised when she got pregnant "the old fashioned" way with her current pregnancy, as she suffered from infertility when trying for her first and was gearing up to do IVF again. Very happy for her! To be honest about everything, every since I was pregnant I had contemplated whether I would try for a third. It's been on my mind a lot. Mostly because I knew that I would have to go through another IVF retrieval if I attempted again... and I knew the timing would be really tight due to my fertility issues.  Well, I spoke to my OB about "when can I try again?" She said it's best to wait 18 months to let your body recover 100% from birth. We also talked a bit about my diabetes.  Here's the deal with my diabetes. It was 1...