This guest post is by Shannon Richman, a hopeful adoptive mother.
Where do you go after a failed adoption? That was the question I’ve been asking myself after the woman who chose us to adopt her newborn baby suddenly changed her mind at the hospital.
We knew that a failed adoption was a possibility when we initially went into the situation. We knew things could go wrong. But when they did, we never imagined how devastating it would be.
Our story began a few months ago after we learned that an expectant mother had selected our profile and was interested in meeting us.
Frances (I’ve changed her name for privacy reasons) was having a boy and due March 21.
Through our social worker we set up a time to meet her, along with her mother and twin sister. Although Frances was shy, the conversation flowed easily. There wasn’t much conversation about the baby.