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Our Adoption & Infertility Timeline
ADOPTION TIMELINE
8/29/13 filled out adoption application with Holt International
9/19/13 Holston will be our Homestudy agency
9/26/13 Phone call with Holt
9/27/13 Contract mailed to Holt and Holston
11/6/13 First meeting at Holston
11/15/13 Announcement letters mailed :)
1/1/14 HOME STUDY Begins!
5/27/14 Home Study Visitation
8/14/14 Home study approved, yay!
8/27/14 I800A Application Mailed
9/3/14 Text from USCIS stating 1800A was received and is processing
9/26/14 Fingerprints in Nashville
10/8/14 Email that all paperwork has been authenticated by U.S. Embassy
10/24/14 I797 Approval
11/14/14 DTC
11/16/14 LID!!!
5/27/14 Home Study Visitation
8/14/14 Home study approved, yay!
8/27/14 I800A Application Mailed
9/3/14 Text from USCIS stating 1800A was received and is processing
9/26/14 Fingerprints in Nashville
10/8/14 Email that all paperwork has been authenticated by U.S. Embassy
10/24/14 I797 Approval
11/14/14 DTC
11/16/14 LID!!!
You have to read our infertility timeline as well to see how God's timing is perfect...
1/1/11 Let’s get pregnant!
7/11/11 Fertility doctor appointment...had a feeling something was wrong
7/12/11 Diagnosed with severe stage 4 Endometriosis (trust your instinct ladies!)
7/29/11 First Laparoscopic Surgery
8/24/11 Post Op. Appointment - clean tubes and ovaries, yay! Praying.
9/15/11 Clomid Cycle + HCG Shot
10/14/11 Clomid Cycle + HCG Shot
11/14/11 Clomid Cycle + HCG Shot
12/16/11 Clomid Cycle + HCG Shot
2/7/12 New doctor, needed a second opinion...we like his outlook MUCH better!
3/9/12 2nd Laparoscopic Surgery - Might have to take out one ovary if in bad condition
3/23 Post Op - Surgery went well, did not have to take ovary! Doc wants to wait 6 months for body to heal before trying. Praying.
8/2/12 POSITIVE pregnancy test with zero fertility drugs...around 3 weeks pregnant!
8/6/12 Miscarriage due to low progesterone levels
11/16/12 Third Laparoscopic Surgery
12/1/13 Clomid Cycle
1/1/13 Clomid + IUI Cycle + Progesterone
2/1/13 Clomid + IUI Cycle + Progesterone + HCG shots
3/1/13 Clomid + IUI Cycle + Progesterone + HCG shots
Starting to lose hope, depressed. I’m fat, I’m ugly, I’m super emotional...these drugs trick you into thinking your pregnant! "WOE IS ME" Poor Casey has to deal with me. Praying for him!
4/1/13 Clomid + IUI Cycle + HCG shots - ready for a break, becoming too much, extremely overwhelmed, wondering where God is in all of this. Still praying.
4/29/13 - Connect Retreat - realized trying to have a baby was becoming an idol in our lives, and we gave it over to God...overwhelming sense of peace.
5/5/13 Clomid + IUI cycle
5/20/13 Not pregnant - no more fertility treatments... COMPLETE God given PEACE, thank you Lord!
5/26/13 ShowHOPE 10 year anniversary concert
5/28/13 Fertility treatments stopped, will still try naturally. Ready to begin adoption process!
Time in China 
Wow!! I'm sitting in a very public place crying my eyes out! Praying for you two and this AMAZING journey you are about to endure... I used to be the girl who everyone knew that a child was not in my plans. Last month I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl. Each day I am so thankful to have been chosen to be this little girls mommy. I couldn't imagine my little world without her. I pray that this is a speedy process for you guys but all in GODS timing! Thank you for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your hearts. I hate your struggle. I believe with all my heart you'll be amazzzzing parents. I'm a firm believer in adoption. As a 30 year old virgin, maybe they'll make a movie about me LOL, who's waiting on God to bring her her beloved so *we* can start a family and one day adopt, this touches me! I've always wished more couples would adopt since I first knew what an orphan was, and with so many friends in Children's Services it breaks my heart. Even as much as I hate the thought that I may be undateable and forever single, I WILL adopt...I'll just be the old woman who lived in the shoe Haha. It's a calling, a passion, and I'm so very thankful God is bringing you all your very own baby from another country! How amazing THOSE pictures will be! I can't wait to see them! I'll definitely be following your story here and on Facebook, and I'll even come to your adoption shower when the time comes! It's amazing the things we don't know people are struggling through, please know you'll be in my prayers, and as I can I'll be happy to donate! Much LOVE for you both...and the future baby Peddicord who's waiting for their beautiful ginger family to bring them home! -Braska
ReplyDeleteOh Kristen! I had no idea we had so much in common! Your infertility timeline looks like mine, but with 3 rounds of IVF. We have friends who adopted from China and know what you're going through. What a lucky baby yours will be! ~Shanell B.
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