Brett and I are currently trying to grow our family via adoption. If you know of someone who would love to help us become parents, contact us at dotcdiy@gmail.com

Short Version of the Story:

We’ve chosen to go the route of adoption because we’re both diabetic and have a prevalence of it in our families. I’ve got a few other health issues that would result in a very high risk pregnancy, so that’s also an issue we’re trying to avoid. We are currently trying to adopt an infant/child under the age of 3 years, but as we age and our situation evolves we may consider fostering or the adoption of an older child.

Long Version of the Story*:

*If you don’t want to intimate details of Amanda’s health move on to something else!

Sometime after our marriage in 2010 I was diagnosed with a condition called uterus didelphys. It’s not something I could have avoided, because it is the result of a birth defect. You can google it, but my understanding is this… When an embryo is developing in utero, some organs start out as one organ and split in two (like the kidneys) and others might fuse together. The uterus starts as two organs. If you’ve got a Y chromosome, those organs become testes. If you don’t, they fuse together and become the uterus. Only… mine didn’t. So I’m left with the resulting condition called uterus didelphys… in other words, I have two uteri. It’s fairly rare, and doesn’t really affect my every day life, otherwise I might have known about it many years before.

As far as I know my uteri work okay and at least one of them could probably grow a child, but with the combination of Type 1 Diabetes (high risk pregnancy) I wasn’t willing to risk it. Uterus didelphys carries a high risk of miscarriage along with other complications.

Could we try to have our own children? In short, yes.

Why don’t we? Well, I’m a big believer in prayer and following God’s plan for my life. And all the signs were pointing me toward adoption. My wonderful husband decided to join me for the ride and I realize it’s probably not the easiest decision we’ll make. But we feel strongly that we’ve made the right decision.

Do we feel like we have to have biological children? No. There are far too many children in this world without homes, or needing better homes.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11