We all konw how anxiety producing waiting to meet, waiting to match, and waiting for the birth can be. How to you take care of yourself during this time? Knit? Read? Support groups? Set up a nursery? Garden?
As a personal request, would you please stay on topic. If you want to repond to someone off topic, maybe you can post a new message to that individual. Thanks! ↓
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| Name: seal | Date: Sep 22nd, 2006 9:32 PM |
| Name: Pattyjb | Date: Sep 22nd, 2006 10:13 PM |
| Counted Cross stitching, been working on a Christmas Tapestry piece. ↑ |
| Name: AMC | Date: Sep 22nd, 2006 10:39 PM |
| I'm surviving it by staying on this computer to darn much!!! I'm also a scrapbooker! ↑ |
| Name: califadoptee | Date: Sep 22nd, 2006 11:43 PM |
| I've been practicing my knitting skills - I knit small things like baby hats & booties, throw blankets, and infant size clothes. ↑ |
| Name: Pattyjb | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 12:48 AM |
| Yes, I knit baby blankets as well, nice flat things... I should set up a website to sell em. ↑ |
| Name: Flowergirl | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 1:17 AM |
I like to spend time with family, friends and of course, my darling husband! Quality time that I may not have so much time to spend with them once we have a precious little one to take up all our time! :-)
Our oldest niece is here with me this evening for a 'girls night in' and we're just hanging out and having a fun time... They all take their turns staying, as well as my little sister! We spend lots of time playing with our pets, we eat out just because, we go places that you can't go with kids and we just try to enjoy our days with empty arms.
We can't wait to be parents and will gladly put all those things on the back shelf when our little one finally joins the family... but until then, we try to fill up our time making beautiful memories.
(I also fit in time for much loved scrapbooking and hours of shopping!) ↑ |
| Name: Deanna | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 8:14 AM |
| Even though I'm not adopting, I think you should keep busy during that time. I crochet a lot, also a support group. I personally like scrapbooking and volunteering at the school. Matter of fact to the people who are waiting for the first child, I would recommend for you to volunteer at K to 1st. They sure can teach you an awful lot that you never knew about kids. ↑ |
| Name: Momofacutie | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 8:33 AM |
| I spend lots of time playing with our daughter and husband and spending time with our famiy. We recently got all of the furniture for the nursery. It is difficult to wait, though!!! :) Things happended so quickly for our first adoption and this time it is much slower!! :) Just try to stay as busy as possible! ↑ |
| Name: AMC | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 1:04 PM |
| I've always been a volunteer at my son's school since day one! I LOVE it! ↑ |
| Name: Pattyjb | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 2:43 PM |
| I volunteer in the NICU at Children's Hospital of Michigan, been doing this for about a year now and I love it. Get to hold, feed, diaper, rock, anything they need. Often the nurses get too busy especially with more than one baby hollaring at a time... ↑ |
| Name: Miranda | Date: Sep 23rd, 2006 10:31 PM |
| During my waiting for both adoptions I did the gardening and stayed on the computer to much. If something was going on in town I would also go to the event for fun, thinking it may be the last. ↑ |
| Name: ohiorosejanelleres | Date: Sep 25th, 2006 4:14 PM |
I don't..haha..
Actually, I work 4 jobs right now...On purpose.
I picked up extra shifts and hours to keep my mind off the waiting process. It is good, cause I am making money to save for the baby when they actually come into our lives :)
www.babyadoption.zoomshare.com
ohiorosejanelleres@yahoo.com
Rich
and Janelle - waiting for a year now ↑ |
| Name: Pattyjb | Date: Sep 25th, 2006 4:19 PM |
| Well I am now spending hours online job hunting looking for transcription work... plus job hunting for a better job for hubby as well, he is an IT specialist. ↑ |
| Name: apurrfectplace | Date: Sep 26th, 2006 7:12 PM |
| yoga, pilates, teaching, working out, tennis, volunteer work, sewing, knitting and quilting. oh, and beading. i am one lady who is really into crafts! ↑ |
| Name: califadoptee | Date: Sep 27th, 2006 4:28 PM |
| Journaling and blogging (web log / journal) are also great ways to pass the time. ↑ |
| Name: califadoptee | Date: Nov 8th, 2006 8:27 PM |
| Name: Jessica Sue | Date: Dec 1st, 2006 10:44 PM |
| I have been getting into the gym recently. I wish I had started it long ago! ↑ |
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