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[quote=Anonymous]14:48 is wise.  This is an anecdote, but from someone I know well and who shared a lot about her experiences.  She was placed with a medically fragile newborn that she was told would almost certainly be available for adoption, as this was one of those rare cases where the mother's rights were severed at birth.

The child had special needs, so other family members were not willing to take them on.  However, once the foster family got the baby past the first 6 months, the baby was much healthier but the adoption process was not yet complete.  During that time some extended family expressed a desire to adopt the now-healthy infant.

Now, you can look at this as a sad story of my friend losing the child she thought she'd be able to adopt or a happy story of family reunification depending on your lens.  But it was SO HARD.  If you go into foster-to-adopt, just be aware that this is a possibility right up until the day papers are signed.  If you can live with that risk, then it's the right decision for you.  [/quote]

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