Hi everyone! I'm a long time lurker but haven't posted before. After several years of infertility my DH and I have decided to instead pursue adoption. We've just entered Stage 2 and have all our meetings booked in, with a provisional panel date in November.
During our latest meeting, our SW asked if we were open to FFA. Initially we said no, as we couldn't handle the prospect of a child being removed once we'd formed an attachment to them. Our SW advised us to really think hard about it, because more than half of the children in the LA's care are up for FFA, not simply adoption. She's advised we're going to have a much tougher time if we are not at least open for FFA.
With this in mind, I would absolutely love if anyone would mind sharing their experience in FFA? How was the 'keeping in touch' visits? How did you find having to go by your names instead of Mum/Dad initially? If you had to deal with a child being removed and returned to their BF, how did you deal with that?
I want to be open to anything because I know needs can change drastically in adoption and I'd like to be flexible, but I'm still nervous about the idea!
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Dominoodles · 03/08/2023 14:27
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