IAG 059: Adopting After Having Biological Kids

When starting the infant adoption journey, you may read and hear stories from a lot of couples who are adopting their first child. Some may even be adopting their second or even third child. What you don’t hear as much is from families who are adopting after having biological kids. 

In this episode, we talk with Holly and Jon Burns. They were able to have their son biologically, but then health issues opened the door for them to build their family through infant adoption.

Hear Jon’s story as an adoptee and how that affected him when he became a dad through adoption.

Holly and Jon share their experiences and tips as they went through the adoption process. They are very genuine and fun loving people who want to help others who may be in a similar situation as they were.

You’ll hear about their open adoption relationship with their daughter’s birth mom, shown with them in the photo above.

Listen as they tell stories about how they adopted after having a biological child. They share their heart and emotion as they went through their journey.

As you listen to Holly and Jon, you will be filled with hope and inspiration as you go through your own domestic infant adoption journey.

What you will hear in this episode:

• Find out how Holly and Jon got started on the adoption journey – and the scare from their first pregnancy that led them to want to adopt a baby.
• Find out how being an adoptee helped Jon accept open adoption for his daughter and her birthmom.
• Hear the story about Jon’s near death experience and how his prayers were answers one by one years later.
• Find out how long it took them to adopt and why they had to turn down an adoption situation before they found out about their daughter.
• Hear how Holly and Jon were able to build an open adoption relationship with their daughter’s birthmom.
• Find out how the prepared their son to meet their daughter and handle the relationship with her birthmom.
• AND MUCH MORE!

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