Just to be clear, I really don't like this show. It's on lifetime and for the most part every mom gets an epidural and pitocin and the birth of a baby is depicted as a very medical thing.
But tonight I sat down to watch an episode on hulu, mostly becuase I'm tired and have little better to do. (like the dishes and laundry wouldn't be better...)
And although the births were just as usual, pitocin, emergencies, c-sections, and crass family members there was a part in this episode that had me bawling the whole way through. (and I'm not exagerating, hysterically bawling)
A young mom giving up her twin babies for adoption. I've spent two years wondering if our baby will ever come and here I saw a couple with no other children who had spent 13 years waiting for their babies.
13 years.
Oh my heart. The adoptive mom sobbed and sobbed and I could only but understand a fraction of what she feels.
Adoption is such a beautiful gift. Aaron and I hope to adopt children someday, a difficult and scary road. And this episode only pulled on my heart as I imagine it would for any parent who has longed and wondered when will my baby come?
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