tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post3294643187245414600..comments2023-11-19T21:42:17.901-08:00Comments on My Path to Mommyhood: Infertility Blogging Vs Adoption BloggingJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-9941887595006850822015-03-09T22:23:05.003-07:002015-03-09T22:23:05.003-07:00I am happy for you that you have started on the pa...I am happy for you that you have started on the path to adoption! I think it is also great that you are considering how you can use the blog on this journey and what is and isn't appropriate to write about. Blogs can be wonderful outlets and ways to network but you are right there are considerations about sensitive material. Sending you lots of good wishes and looking forward to reading more, whatever it is about!torthúilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738803052167620020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-91174202283068263912015-03-09T19:22:39.729-07:002015-03-09T19:22:39.729-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-37047424457308851942015-03-09T19:22:31.646-07:002015-03-09T19:22:31.646-07:00Thank you so much for your thoughts. I completely ...Thank you so much for your thoughts. I completely agree on the privacy front. And on the having a filter now with the change in process... so many other people to consider, most of all our future children. Thank you for sharing, it is so helpful. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-29258840351636001102015-03-08T13:08:43.739-07:002015-03-08T13:08:43.739-07:00I blog anonymously, yet my writing has changed now...I blog anonymously, yet my writing has changed now that we are choosing adoption. The simple ground rule for my blogging is protecting our future child, and their story. Like you, I firmly believe that the boxes we check are not going to be made public at this point in time because that's our child's personal medical info. It's one thing for me to share my info, but it's a completely different thing to share my child's. And, I am conscious of the fact that my blog is anonymous today but may not be in the future.<br />The way I deal with this is by focusing on the process. For example I've written about the race selection and substance abuse selection - what bothers us about the selection process, what scares us, how odd it is to be making these decisions, etc. BUT I have never shared our final decisions. We've made the decision that we will not be sharing these decisions or the medical history of our child with anyone except our doctor and counsellor. <br />Honestly, it's weird, I've never had a filter before and now I find that I do. In fact, now I have even had Mr. MPB read a few posts before I share to make sure I haven't crossed any of our self-imposed boundaries. It's very weird, yet for now I firmly believe it is the respectful thing to do - our child deserves privacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com