Our June Update

*Yes, I know it is July, but this information is about our account activity from June*

Well, the good news is we have another update with good numbers. Bad news is...we have another update... which means we have not been chosen yet. But chin up! I won't let myself stress about it at all mainly because it won't help matters and also because I keep reminding myself that the average is 6-12 months. There are a lot of people waiting and hoping and fewer birthmothers. It will just take some time. I do find myself thinking about it briefly probably about every other day or so. I am not sure if Dusty does the same or not. Every couple/few days I find myself thinking that any moment could bring a phone call full of promise and joy. I don't mind though because it is fleeting and I keep in mind that it is out of my hands now.

Our monthly report had us being presented to 10 birthmothers!! That would fall under the good-great category. With numbers like that we are bound to get chosen sooner rather than later. (On a side note - I do wonder if they could give me more of an average number of presentations prior to being chosen versus time since I would think that visibility would have more of an effect than overall time on the wait list, but anyway...)

Here is the breakdown:

3 birthmothers have been given the profiles, but have not gotten back in contact with the agency. This generally means they have decided to keep the baby and not move forward with placement.

4 birthmothers have been given the profiles and have chosen and matched with another family. While this is a total bummer for us, I am happy that those couples have found their child and that the baby will hopefully grow up with a loving family that they fit in with. This is not purely out of a nice and generous spirit although it really partly is - this means that 4 more couples are off the list :) I was not given any information as to why the specific family was chosen or why we were not.

That leaves us with 3 birthmothers who were given the profiles and have been in contact, but have not chosen yet. These are our hopefuls still :). One was from 6/7, one 6/20 and the other from 6/22. I do not know where the first birhtmother is located but the second is in Ohio and the third in the state of Washington.

In case you are interested the birthmothers who have chosen another family are from:
California
Georgia
Utah
Indiana

Let's keep our fingers crossed and our thoughts happy about the remaining 3 or a new one to choose us soon!!!!