101 - Our foster-to-adopt baby spent weeks in intensive care.
Charlie and Ben had said they felt unable to take a child with complex medical needs but when their daughter was born and taken straight to intensive care, they knew they wanted to make it work. They talk about early contact sessions and the toll they took. They also talk about their family's delight in meeting the new baby and how much joy she's brought into their lives.
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100 - Adopting in the Public Eye
On our 100th episode, Miles and Pip talk openly about the process of adopting their daughters and Miles tells us about being best known for "poisoning" a fellow contestant, in front of seven million people, on the hit BBC TV show Traitors!
Traitors Season Two
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99 - I've been an adoptive dad for over a decade.
Peter and Tor adopted their children over a decade ago and they talk about what it's like to parent teens. They also share what they've learnt along the way and what they wish they'd known when they started out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLuEY6jN6gY
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98 - Adoption with a Trans History
Max and his husband adopted their son just over a year ago. Max was concerned about the assessment process because he has a trans history and has anxiety. Luckily, they had an awesome social worker who made things as easy as possible. Max talks about the joys (and tiredness!) of parenting.
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97 - Without the New Family Social Summer Camp we wouldn't have our son!
Adam and Oliver were struggling with family finding when they came to the NFS summer camp. The people they met gave them the strength to continue and their son came home weeks later. They talk about the highs and lows, including how they've dealt with their son initially bonding more with Oliver than with Adam. They even tell us all about their "Jar Fairy" who magically sends messages to the people their son misses.
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