Adoption diary: ?When will you get a baby"?
Photo: Wendy Litner
It?s Saturday morning and my husband, Stephen, and I are waiting to have our fingerprints taken. After many years of infertility, we are now in the process of becoming certified ?AdoptReady? so that we can register with adoption licensees as prospective parents.
?This is adoption foreplay,? I say as we wait for our number to be called. When it?s our turn, I snap a picture of Stephen?s hands being scanned because this is our version of an ultrasound. He looks at the camera and smiles as his fingerprints are transmitted to the RCMP, who will verify that we do not have criminal records. It may not sound romantic, but I am flushed with excitement and affection.
As Stephen and I complete each step of the adoption process, we celebrate. We complete a Vulnerable Sector check for Toronto (where we live now) and for London, Ontario (where we attended university more than a decade ago), verifying that we have no record suspensions for sexual offences. We provide Notices of Assessment and supplement them with additional details of our finances. Our doctors examine us and complete forms about our health, and every specialist we have ever seen in the past 10 years forwards forms and letters as well. Friends and family members complete questionnaires and write reference letters, endorsing us as parents. There are so many steps involved, so much paperwork to complete, so many people involved now in our wish to have a child, but it feels so good to be actively trying to...
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