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During the adoption journey one of the biggest hurdles that we faced was unexpected negative opinions on our decision to adopt.
I come from a very traditional Hindu family and this is the views my mum has on our journey.
During the adoption journey, its all so easy to forget your birth child and their perspective on your adoption journey because they are "too young".
What we learn, against all the advice that was given to us, was to include our son in our adoption journey and be a part of it. These are memories he still has to the day and openly speaks about.
This podcast is a reflection of our son's understanding, and one of his friends perspective of our adoption journey.
I am a mother of two children, Anay & Siya. My husband Rakesh and I got married in 2010 and we were blessed with our son in September 2015.
Unfortunately, the pregnancy with our son was not plain sailing. So, in 2017 we decided that we wanted another child, but I was not ready to go through the problems that I had in my last pregnancy, so we decided to adopt a child in need. We welcomed Siya from India into our lives in 2019 and it is a journey I have become extremely passionate about.
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Creating a number of podcasts which are adoption related. Aiming to address various matters in Season 1 & 2 of my series such as :
1. Why adopt from India instead of domestic adoption in…
2. Stigma
3. Inappropriate questions faced
4. Family Support – both Positive and Negative opinions
5. Friend Support – both Positive and Negative opinions
6. Acceptance once child is here - both Positive and Negative
7. Treating the child differently if you have a birth child
8. Views on birth child and the impact the adoption will have
9. Background of the child and how important is it?
10. My journey
11. Post adoption depression syndrome
12. Domestic Adoption within India
13. Various Organisations and Charities that deal with promoting adoption within India
14. Difference between Safe Surrender and Abandonment of a Child