https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:33:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-554052 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:33:28 +0000 Mrs. Train 554052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: my pleasure. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553394 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:01:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 553394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: M had a mild case of whatever this is, but I think I've been working too hard and not sleeping enough, so now I'm dying... Ok not dying, but fairly ill! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553393 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:01:07 +0000 purrpletulips 553393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never adopted but have two close friends who have (one couple has done it twice). Their experiences are somewhat different, as you said the hospital's policy plays into it. For the couple that adopted twice: the first time the mom was given a hospital room right next to the birth mom's room so she was there the whole time the baby was in the hospital. The second time they just visited with the birth mom. My other friend was able to be in the operating room for the c-section and was the first person to hold their son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553391 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:58:27 +0000 Honeybee 553391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: ugh, no one else has caught it yet? I'll keep my fingers crossed that the rest of the family stays healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553389 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:55:36 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 553389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: you are too sweet! At this point, just save yourself! This is nasty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553388 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:54:21 +0000 Honeybee 553388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: oh no! I am so sorry you're sick. :( let me know if I can do anything to help out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553372 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:42:49 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 553372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: @Mrs. Polish: You are both my BFFs! I feel the love and I definitely need it. I am so stinking sick this morning! No playdate this week Honeybee. This cold is awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-553352 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:07:38 +0000 Mrs. Polish 553352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: Thank you for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-552351 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:19:25 +0000 Mrs. Train 552351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our son home from the hospital. We visited with both the birth mom and our son in the early afternoon. Then they asked us to leave while they signed paperwork. In our state the birth mom can't sign until the day she is leaving the hospital. They took the baby to the nursery while the birth mom was released. Our social worker called us back and we said good bye to the birth mother. We gave her a small tinkerbell necklace. She said it was her favorite character and one of the reasons she picked us was our love for disneyland. When she left they took us to the nursery and gave us our son. We say and signed our portion of the paper work and discussed our post adoption meetings. </p> <p>The funny thing is the baby had to be discharged to the social worker, not us, and its hospital policy to take the baby and mother out in a wheel chair. So our social worker was wheeled out of the hospital with our son. At the front of the hospital she handed him to us and checked our car seat. Then we drove home where all our family was waiting for us, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551813 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:30:18 +0000 brownie 551813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't adopted. My sister has adopted both of her kids from the hospital. My friend also took hers home from the hospital. In her case she was even there for the delivery. The baby was released to them when it was ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551779 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:15:36 +0000 Mrs. Polish 551779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: thank you, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551749 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:05:59 +0000 Honeybee 551749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: welcome to the club! Mrs. Jacks is my BFF too!<br /> @prettylizy: lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551746 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:03:57 +0000 prettylizy 551746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: ha! I was just sifting through Mrs Jacks posts to find that one! Jinx! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551744 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:02:49 +0000 Mrs. Polish 551744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybee I should have known. She's my new BFF. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551733 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:59:38 +0000 Honeybee 551733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Mrs. Jacks blogged about her hospital experience. She was there for the birth of her second child. You might check her archives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/domestic-infant-adoption-from-hospital#post-551669 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:40:07 +0000 Mrs. Polish 551669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there anyone on here who has gotten custody of their LO from the hospital immediately following birth?</p> <p>If so, can you give me a little rundown on how it all worked out? I know every situation and hospital is different, but I'm curious. </p>