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Hi AllI thought I would post a catch up after PM - ing a couple of you on here for your experience and to tell you where we are now.Our story:Decided to adopt due to failures to concive and being told by consultant it was very unlike to my congential condition that I could carry a pregnancy past 15 weeks. I am also a double amputee with a spinal injury (full time wheelchair user). Hubbie is AB. So we decided to go down this route after many late nights We started our application in January 2009, had first initial meeting on 12 Jan and first LA info evening on 21 Jan. Due to disability had medicals in April and then got a place on Prep training in May/June. We were allocated our SW in August and had about 7 Home visits jointly and 2 individual visits. Any advice to anyone read books along the way. Daniel Hughes or Nancy Thomas were advised to us and be open and honest with your SW - have an ''I can do'' approach and it helps. Our LA also prepares us with futher training on top of Prep training which has been very valuable in the questions we have been able to ask regarding prospective children. We have also been to a couple of Children''s evenings our LA also provides which have been great too an in sight to the children who are waiting for families.We have a panel date for the 9th February 2010 and are still apprehensive and waiting for everything to go wrong and the answer to be ''NO''. So are now waiting for the weeks to roll by. I guess we can do no more while we are waiting.I hope this gives an in sight into where we are now.Thanks for listening an thank you to those who have PM''d me.Snowy x