After going through what we experienced with Elainah, we decided not to get pregnant again. Having a child in the NICU is stressful for the baby and the entire family.
Around when Elainah was two, I forget how exactly but, I got the idea of becoming foster parents in my head. We wanted to extend our family by fostering to adopt. Before and during training we learned how this is actually more difficult and then realized how reunification is always the primary goal. We were fine with that. We learned valuable information during training and at that point, I really wanted to help kids who needed someone to care for them.
We got licensed fairly quickly and by October 2018, we were licensed for 2 children 0-5. We did not get a call for several months, even then it was one that wouldn’t work out for our family in another county.
We ended up having 4 placements from 2018-today. I wish we could help more but we are limited on space. Plus it is stressful and all unknown at times. I have zero regrets, just wish more were also willing to help.
