Ashley Whiteside is currently the manager of Gladney's domestic infant program. She has been at Gladney for fourteen years and is a licensed master's level social worker in Texas.
Bailey Guthrie is a proud adoptive mom of a two year old boy. She and her husband were never diagnosed with infertility, but have been on a journey of ups and downs and losses along the way.
Show Notes:
In this episode, we talked about:
- Emotions adoptive parents are experiencing after walking through the doors of Gladney
- loss or guidance with adoption
- Bailey's journey through the adoption process with grief and loss
- Different resources families can use to work through their grief and loss
- Choosing the option of adoption and knowing the right time to adopt
- Telling your caseworker about previous losses and how they can make the process better
- Bumps and triggers adoptive families can experience on their journey
- How to cope with getting matched and the match falling through
- Questioning the path of adoption and the confusion that comes with it
- Sharing Bailey's adoption journey with family and friends
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