We are here until the barriers to building your family are not.

“You should just adopt!” is a phrase many in the infertility world are used to hearing. While said often as a well-meaning response, it can be extremely hurtful and upsetting when you realize that your path to family-building will look different than your sister’s, your co-worker’s, or your college best friend’s. When you decide to adopt a child, you don’t get to experience your baby’s first kick, you don’t always get the luxury of nine months to nest, you don’t always get to see your child’s birth. And, for some, the risks of an adoption not going through or not being able to carry your own child are just too much. So, why then did we choose adoption?