Angel & Samo’s Story

In 1995 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 endometriosis and was told that we’d have a difficult time conceiving a child, never foreseeing what lay ahead. After six surgeries, three artificial inseminations, three conventional IVFs and a fourth IVF with an egg donor over a span of 14 years with no success and an immense sense of heartbreak and hopelessness, we felt defeated. All we wanted was to be parents and become a family. We had no idea a successful adoption was in our future.

With each procedure and surgery we were given high hopes. But after each failed procedure we felt mentally and emotionally shattered. In 2009 we had our fourth IVF with an egg donor. We transferred two healthy embryos and received a positive pregnancy test from our doctor. Three weeks later I miscarried. We were absolutely devastated. This was a turning point for us. We both decided that we just couldn’t take anymore. After both agreeing that it wasn’t about being pregnant, it was all about becoming parents and having a family, we made a few phone calls and Adoption Link was highly recommended. So … we made a call in October of 2009. Within a week we made the trip to meet Naomi and learn all about adoption. Obviously this was unchartered waters for both of us, and we needed to be sure that this is what we wanted to do and to know fully what lay ahead. After our meeting with Naomi we knew that this is the path we were meant to go down. And we are so happy we did.

Adoption Link was the agency for us. We loved Naomi’s passion and tenacity. We respected her advocacy, commitment and passion for the birthparents, and also her encouragement of openness in adoption. We took home the pile of paperwork and got to work. We were beyond excited,but terrified at the same time. We are spiritual people and knew that God has led us here, and we needed to follow this path.

In February of 2011 we received a long-awaited call from Naomi telling us a young couple had chosen us and would like to meet us. So of course we said, “Yes.” We met the birthparents and we all felt so comfortable, as if we knew each other already. We developed a beautiful relationship with the birthparents, talking almost every Sunday, being invited to the gender ultrasound, being in the labor/delivery room, my husband cutting the cord, and I being the first to hold our son in August of 2011. It was a perfect experience. We brought our son home three days later and couldn’t believe this was real. We felt as though it was a dream and we were going to wake up and none of it was real. But … it was very real.

We are now parents and have the family we always dreamed of. Our son was a long-awaited dream come true. We knew from the beginning we wanted our son to have a sibling. So, in March of 2012, we renewed our home study for two more years in hopes of being chosen again to adopt. Our home study was due to expire in March of 2014, and we both decided that if we weren’t chosen by then we weren’t going to pursue another renewal or adoption; we were already abundantly blessed with our son. Over the summer of 2013, we were losing hope that making our son a big brother would never happen, so we prepared ourselves for March of 2014 to come and go and decided we’d be happy with our perfect little family. Well, our phone rang on September 30, 2013, with Naomi’s voice on my phone saying: Angel, I need you to listen. She began to tell me that a caucasion baby girl was born at 1:00 this afternoon, is in perfect health, was born in an ambulance, the birthmother didn’t know she was pregnant and would like to make an adoption plan for her baby girl and that we were “chosen.” This call from Naomi was at 5:00 pm, we were holding our baby girl at 7:00 pm. We were in a state of shock, but a most wonderful shock, yet again knowing God had brought us here. We knew that now, for sure, all of our dreams had come true. Three days later we brought our beautiful daughter home.

Needless to say, our fairytale adoption story is just that. Now don’t get me wrong, there were times of feeling hopeless when time ticked by and we wouldn’t hear anything from Adoption Link for a month or two. But we simply kept the faith in Naomi and Adoption Link that all would work out perfectly — and it did.

Our son and daughter are the light of our lives and we are overjoyed, cherishing every single minute of every single day with our perfect children and our perfect family. We have to say, now that we are through that very long and dark storm of infertility — all of the heartache, pain and sorrow now a distant memory — that our journey through adoption is like a storybook with a fairytale ending. Adoption Link has made all of our dreams come true. Thank you, Naomi, there will never be words to express our gratitude to you, our respect for knowing how much passion and heart you have for us, as adoptive parents, but most importantly for the selfless sacrifice of each and every birthparent.

Gratefully Yours,
Angel & Samo

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