Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

Laura and her partner adopted a child after IVF, miscarriages and bereavement. They talk about deciding when it's the right time, supporting their birth daughter, and the resilience their experiences have given them.

Yannick returns to the podcast now his son has been with him for a year.  He talks about how assertive he and his husband were with all the agencies involved in their child's adoption.  They pushed back against a checklist approach and advocated for their child's individual needs.

Yannick's previous podcast

Molly and Zoe return to the podcast after they changed adoption agency during assessment.  They talk about a very bumpy family finding process and the children they're going to be matched with tomorrow.  

Changing agency and volunteering at summer camp Molly and Zoe's previous episode

Jake's daughters have different birth families to each other but both children have face-to-face contact with their birth parents.  Jake talks about how they prepared for this as a family and the challenges and benefits of this fairly uncommon arrangement.  He explains how the meetings can be emotionally charged, sometimes awkward but still beneficial for everyone.

Stuart and Bradley return to the podcast to tell us how the first year has been with their son.  They talk about attachment, nursery, bonding over time and how thrilled they are to be his parents.