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Post by gabbyforever on Aug 15, 2007 10:52:03 GMT 10
Hi All, My name is Molly i am from Victoria. Our family is on the waiting list for healthy infant adoption and permanent care. We have been on the list for 12 months and hoping for a placement soon. Anyway hope to talk to others either on the list or planning to adopt or do permanent care.
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Post by flossyinoz on Aug 15, 2007 16:32:35 GMT 10
Hi Molly, Wow - 12 months already - good luck for a placement soon. We are also in Victoria and are currently waiting for social workers to be allocated for our assessment of pc and adoption. It seems to take forever as they don't have the manpower to assess all the applications they have. So you are lucky you are already on the list and this influx of kids at least from the pc system that htey have promised should hopefully happen soon! What area are you in, we are in the west. Cheers
Flossyinoz
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Post by gabbyforever on Aug 15, 2007 17:29:40 GMT 10
Hi Flossyinoz, We are in Colac in Western Victoria. We are with Centacare Family Services. The whole application process took about twelve months. We were hoping with the changes in legislation re permanent care we would see a influx of children. But that hasnt happenend yet it hasnt really made a difference. Apparently things are very quiet on the baby front in Victoria. I suppose we will just have to be patient but gosh its hard. Have you done your education classes yet? Molly
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Post by flossyinoz on Aug 16, 2007 15:23:46 GMT 10
Hi Molly, Yes all is done, education classes and everything for PC and Adoption. We are with Anglicare in Yarraville. But they are short on staff, we have handed in the application the end of May and they think they won't even start assessing us before the end of the year or even start of next year as they have so many applications. When I last talked to Yarraville they were saying the department was still restructuring (which it has ben for the last year and so) and that is why they assume that the influx has not happened yet, I hope for all of us it comes soon, but then for us, we won't be even on the register until mid next year at the rate they are going. And we are getting older which at least in adoption drastically reduces our chances, by next year I am 45 and I don't want to be a granny by the time I have a child . And patience is so hard, I am trying to keep myself occupied with other things. Well in a week I will be off for 4 weeks visiting my family and hubby's family in Europe. So when we are back it will be end of September and hopefully we have moved closer to getting assessed. Flossyinoz
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Post by gabbyforever on Aug 16, 2007 16:50:50 GMT 10
Hi There Flossyinoz, Its funny i say to myself all the time stop being inpatient etc but sometimes its like banging your head agains a brick wall! I wonder why there is such an influx of applicants recently. I also wonder if things will start moving along soon as far as an influx of children. I think that it is taking some time to put the new legislation into place. Also i think there is quiet a shortage of staff over at dhs which slows things down a bit. On a positive note we went through our ed classes with a couple who are in their 40's. Well they were placed within three months with an 11 month old baby boy who is an absolute delight. So try and not stress bout your age too much. When it comes to the permanent care side of things age is not as important. There has been other couples older than me and my dh that have been placed before us. I think you will be so ready and excited that you definantely wont be feeling like an old mumma.
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Post by flossyinoz on Aug 17, 2007 16:54:39 GMT 10
Thanks for the encouragement Molly! "Old young at heart Flossy"
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Post by Kim on Aug 23, 2007 16:55:21 GMT 10
Hi Molly, Just quickly wanted to welcome you to the forum, sorry I didnt do it sooner but the dreaded flu got me and so I havent been up to getting on the computer much. Anyway welcome and hopefully I will post a little more now I am feeling a bit better again. Kindest Regards, Kim
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Post by gabbyforever on Aug 24, 2007 9:31:27 GMT 10
Thanks for the welcome everyone. I hope to use these boards for supporting others as well. I am suprised that there is not more activity on the boards but i suppose that it will increase as more people have more to report. Thanks Michelle
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Post by flossyinoz on Aug 24, 2007 14:33:53 GMT 10
Molly, Yes adoption boards in general seem to be not as lively. I think apart from that we are fairly new and not have many members yet (but we are slowly and steadily growing ) it is the nature of the topic. You spend most of the time waiting and waiting and waiting and absolutely nothing is happening in the adoption area. I was used to an egg donation/IVF forum, lots more traffic there as you went from one emotion to the other on all the meds and new cycles etc. You had something to tell on a daily basis. But everybody please feel welcome also to talk off topic about whatever you like. We all have a life beneath the wish to adopt. Off topic for me: I will be off to Europe tonight, so talk to you when I come back the end of September - boy do I need and deserve this holiday!!!! Flossyinoz
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Post by Kim on Aug 24, 2007 17:49:28 GMT 10
We will miss you Flossy But yeah because just about everyone here is in the waiting stages of their own adoption or permanent care process, it kind of means that there isnt much to chat about in regards to adoption or permanent care. I'm sure once there are more members and some of us have been through the whole thing and have our children there will be more to chat about. But flossy is right we do have an OFF Topic section where things can be talked about that dont include adoption. There is also a Club section where people can start online clubs for things like Cross Stitching or Scrapbooking or anything else you can think of.
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