Our Adoption Journey

When we were engaged we of course had the conversation about how many kids we wanted to have. It was then that Kami had to tell Scott that she wasn't sure if she could have kids. She had been diagnosed with Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndome (PCOS). Scott's next words were, "That's fine. We'll adopt. I've always wanted to adopt." Something that had scared Kami to tell him, he was on board and totally supportive.

So a few months after getting married we really felt like Heavenly Father was telling us that we needed to try to get pregnant. We were a little nervous about it, Kami was starting grad school later that year, but we knew that it was what Heavenly Father wanted us to do. We spoke to Kami's gynecologist and he suggested that she go on a fertility medication to improve our chances, but we wanted to try on our own for a little while. Well after a few months of nothing, we finally got the medication and we were on our way.

Heavenly Father had different plans. Kami hurt her back and we had to put things on hold so she could have surgery. Once that was all done and she was cleared by her doctor we started the medication. Well, the medication didn't work. So we decided to go to a fertility specialist.

The fertility specialist thought some of the symptoms she was having (mainly just never having a period on her own) was telling of it not being PCOS. So after some more testing, we found out that Kami really had something called Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (called Premature Ovarian Failure). All this really meant is that she started menopause at 16, and has so few eggs that In-Vitro Fertilization without a donor egg just isn't feasible.

So after getting over that shock, we knew exactly where we were going next. Scott had predicted it in the beginning of our relationship, ADOPTION.

We legitimately have this on our fridge

So we've been working on our paperwork for months now, and it just makes us more anxious for it. We advocate for adoption, we've presented in the community about how awesome adoption is. We talk to everyone we come into contact with about how great adoption is, and how we want to let a birth family be involved in our child's life. We're excited about adoption because we believe in it. We can't wait to be chosen and start that relationship!