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Do any of you know of any pre-adoption support groups? There was a blog posted to the site recently about a group called Parents-In-Waiting. Something like that would be very helpful to me. I have searched the internet, and have not found a single website that directs me to a support group in my area. I live near Louisville, KY. The best I can find is adoption agencies that say they provide counseling while you are going through the process with them. I would like to stay away from general infertility support groups. I'm really looking for a group of future parents who have also decided to stop IF treatments and are looking to move forward with adoption.

I really thought that I was ready to start the adoption journey, but lately, I'm not as strong as I thought. I still have these dreams of magically getting pregnant sometime. I also break down every time someone we know has a baby - not just a few sad tears, but I totally loose it. There have been two new babies born to friends or family members of ours in the last six weeks, and just this afternoon, my husband came home and told me that his cousin's wife Madelyn had gone into labor earlier today. I instantly started crying, I'm just so sad.

I feel like I need the help of a counselor or support group in order to move on emotionally before I can begin the adoption process. My husband doesn't feel like this is necessary. He thinks we should just be able to rely on our family and good friends, none of whom have suffered from infertility. I know he loves me and wants to be supportive, but the fact that he would brush off my cry for help so carelessly shows me that he does not understand this situation from my perspective.