Not exact matches
And during that time, we became involved with a support group to help us through the process and getting advice on what to do in terms of experiencing the grief and a
loss of not
having a
biological child.
But I think your point about grieving the
loss of a
biological connection, pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc is a good one, and here I think it's also done to encourage people to really think about the backgrounds of the
children up for adoption and to learn more about attachment issues and
child trauma... Fertility treatment and adoption are really not interchangeable and I think it's good to
have a break from one before embarking on the other.
If you understand the differences between
biological and adoptive families, if you understand the
loss your
child has experienced, you can
have a wonderfully positive impact on his or her life.
If you are concerned that your
child has a developmental delay or disability a local FIT provider agency will conduct a developmental evaluation to see if your
child is eligible under one of the following eligibility categories: Developmental delay of over 25 %; Diagnosed established medical condition (examples: Down syndrome and other genetic conditions, Autism, Cerebral palsy, Vision or hearing
loss, etc.); Diagnosed
biological medical risk (examples: low birth weight, prematurity etc.); or environmental family risk factors.
These less - than - healthy ways of attaching are often not diagnosed as disorders, but are common in
children who
have backgrounds of abuse or neglect or who are no longer with their
biological parents, who
have had the
loss of one or more parents, who are in foster care, who
have had several medical procedures or who
have been adopted.