Introduction

I started this blog because when my husband and I began this journey of seeking out adoption in 2010 there was not a whole lot of information out there in regards to social media for those looking to adopt in Nova Scotia.  Most of the time when you type in "Nova Scotia Adoption" you are pointed to the NS Community Services Website.  I probably should have started this blog back when we first typed those words into our own computer but hey, here I am now and its a long journey so it's all good.

Just a bit about us, we are young professionals, both 32 years of age who enjoy the little things in life.  We have been together for 9 years and married in 2009!  One thing that's a little different about our story is that we have known for years that we were not able to have children together due to my husband being infertile.  With that being said we knew we definitely wanted to have children but on our time and our way.  So like most couples we got married, bought a house and started to think about children.

We talked a lot about adoption and also the possibility of me carrying a child through artificial insemination, what we both agreed upon is that we liked the idea of providing love and a home to a child who currently does not have that.  So we started on our journey, we researched adoption options in Nova Scotia, made a few phone calls and looked at a few Canadian websites, all whom pointed us to NS Community Services.

The process of adopting through NSCS (Nova Scotia Community Services) is a long one, there are many stages of the adoption process and we were at the very beginning.

Just to short form it - these are the steps you take:

• Call NSCS
• Register for a PRIDE training course 
• Attend PRIDE training (ours was 9 weeks I believe)
• Fill out mounds of paper work including medicals, references, background checks, personal history
• Complete PRIDE training and receive certificate
• Your file is sent to an adoption assessment social worker
• Wait 1-18 months for a call from your adoption assessment social worker to start the home study process (I believe we waited 12 months)
• adoption assessment worker schedules approximately 6 home visits to prepare a home study report
• complete home study and be approved by adoption board
• file is then moved to an adoption placement worker 
• wait for that very important call! (this is where we are now)

As you can see there is quite a bit involved and don't get me wrong as hard as it was at times I know it will be worth it in the end.

My plan is to post often about where we are, how we managed through each stage of this process and just about this journey we are on.

We are now just waiting for that important phone call!!!