Happy
New Year!
Pigs
are flying and worms are growing ears.
The unthinkable has happened.
YES! After receiving an unexplained infertility diagnosis and "trying" to get pregnant for a long time, we received confirmation that we are expecting. Then a heartbeat.
This. Is. For. Real.
It took us a while to digest and process this amazing news. We were kind of in denial for a while because it was..... seemingly impossible? The news didn't sink in after several blood tests to confirm completely... yes, we are expecting a little Sipek this July! Happy times in the Sipek household!
Waiting for the entire three months was the longest and hardest for us to keep mum and to assure that were no pregnancy complications. We are very excited and filled with joy about our little peanut scheduled to arrive this summer. The first time we saw our little one through the sonogram, it didn’t hit us as much as the second sonogram where there was a very CLEAR image of our adorable baby waving his/her legs and arms. We even saw the umbilical cord. We heard the heartbeat. It was surreal. Naturally, we cried with joy. It finally sank in by then.
Are we still adopting? ABSOLUTELY! We have invested so much time and emotions throughout
the whole adoption process and we are more than happy to expand our family with
more children. The more, the merrier! We notified our adoption agency about our
pregnancy news and they were very supportive and elated about the news. We officially made the country switch from
Colombia to China and got updated information about our process for China’s
requirements. We did find a Deaf boy from China and we will need to wait until
our home study is updated to meet the criteria for China such as broadening the
child’s age range to give us more options for available orphans. There are some
additional fees that we have to pay to renew the contract with the China
program. Overall, we are still very excited and enthusiastic!
We have heard some amazing adoption stories where couples got pregnant during the process or after. In their stories, there were some subtle implications where people asked, “are you excited to have your own children?” as if adopted children would never be their own? We will love our children equally and it doesn’t matter if they were adopted or biological. They all will be our own. We just happen to be fortunate enough to go through both processes. We are so thankful for this. We do not want to discount the importance of adopting because we are pregnant, but rather to celebrate the idea of us becoming parents and giving our children-to-be our love and care. To us, an adopted child is no less special or wanted than a biological child. We cannot wait for our baby to be born and to bring another child home. That’s the ultimate gift for us.
We hope that the year of 2015 will bring each of you peace, joy, and happiness.
We have heard some amazing adoption stories where couples got pregnant during the process or after. In their stories, there were some subtle implications where people asked, “are you excited to have your own children?” as if adopted children would never be their own? We will love our children equally and it doesn’t matter if they were adopted or biological. They all will be our own. We just happen to be fortunate enough to go through both processes. We are so thankful for this. We do not want to discount the importance of adopting because we are pregnant, but rather to celebrate the idea of us becoming parents and giving our children-to-be our love and care. To us, an adopted child is no less special or wanted than a biological child. We cannot wait for our baby to be born and to bring another child home. That’s the ultimate gift for us.
We hope that the year of 2015 will bring each of you peace, joy, and happiness.
Cheers!
The
Sipeks
