A Great Call!

My call with H this afternoon went extremely well. She sounds like someone I know already! I can't wait to meet her in person and give her a big hug.

She affirmed that she was making the right decision for the baby. She knows it is going to be hard and difficult emotionally on her. She knows how it feels to be a mom already but she wants to do this because it's the right thing to do. She said that she knows we can give the baby all the things that she cannot. A third child is just out of her capability.

We talked about adoption being an opportunity to create an extended family. She is very happy that we will be as open with communication as she would like. H knows that she will always be curious about the child and I want to share as much information as she is comfortable with without making her feel bad.

At this point, she said she wanted to spend only a few minutes after delivery saying good-bye to the baby. She said she only wants her mom in the delivery room... and we are perfectly fine with that! It's a very private thing and she doesn't know us at all. H wants us to start bonding with the baby immediately. She wants us to have the new parent experience as much as possible. H asked me if we had picked out a name and I said that we did.

H is very sweet and so open. She said she could feel from our profile what kind of people we are. Her social worker just wrote me a little while ago and said H said I was very nice and made her nervousness go away quickly. We exchanged cell numbers.

The first call is usually a little strange and no one really knows what to say. I will probably call at the end of the week just to wish her a very happy weekend and make that first reach out to her. Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!