We didn’t hear much from our agency until around 5pm today. The birthmother’s social worker called and told us she had not gotten in touch with the birthmother. She called the birthfather’s family and they said the birthmother was trying to get the baby released today.
Pause.
What does this mean? Who knows? At one point the birthmother said she wanted to take baby girl home for two days to meet her family and then surrender her. The social worker tried to talk her out of this scenario, but she might be with baby at home – about to surrender her or she decided to keep her. OR baby girl could still be in the hospital. The birthmother didn’t sign anything with the agency, so they can’t inquire with the hospital as to the baby’s where abouts.
Unpause.
We talked about these scenerious with the social worker and what we should do and then the curve ball…
“We know you are wanting to get home and we don’t know where this is going, so I am going to let you know about about another situation. A baby BOY was born and is available. His mother surrendered her rights today, he is in interim care, if you want to do that, we can move forward with him.”
GULP… what???
We are lost little puppies right now. We’re waiting for a day or two to see what happens, but I think, either way, we are parents and coming home with a baby.
Please pray for clarity. For wisdom. For direction. For PEACE!
