{"id":22268,"date":"2024-10-06T04:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T04:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=22268"},"modified":"2024-10-06T04:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T04:34:43","slug":"families-dont-have-to-match-black-couple-share-their-journey-to-becoming-parents-of-three-white-children-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=22268","title":{"rendered":"Families don\u2019t have to match\u2019 \u2013 Black couple share their journey to becoming parents of three white children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Families don\u2019t have to match\u2019 \u2013 Black couple share their journey to becoming parents of three white children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A black couple adopted three white children because \u2018families don\u2019t have to match.\u2019 Sadie and Jarvis Sampson really wanted to be parents but it seemed like it wouldn\u2019t happen for them. Until Sadie received a message from her best friend\u2026 What happened next was unbelievable and eventually led to the couple having their own little family.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadie and Jarvis Sampson dreamed of being parents from the moment they met. Unfortunately, their road to parenthood wasn\u2019t an easy one. Getting to that point of their lives where they became a mom and a dad took a number of heartbreaks they needed to deal with. But at the end, it was all worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadie shared her life story with Love What Matters <\/em>and explained how she and Jarvis tried to conceive, but to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOvulation tests, prenatal vitamins, cycle tracking apps, fertility monitors,\u201d the Houston mom said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe even tried the unsolicited advice of friends, family, and strangers. For 14 months, we tried, prayed, and waited. Month after month. Negative pregnancy test after negative test. It seemed like we were going to need assistance to conceive. We even went as far as to talk to doctors about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One doctor\u2019s appointment after another, this couple wasn\u2019t offered much help. Everyone advised Sadie to lose some weight before trying to get pregnant again. She took their advice and undergone a gastric surgery losing 28 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This seemed like a good start, especially after her OBGYN encouraged her not to give up because now her chances of conceiving were higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe told me that if I wasn\u2019t pregnant within six months then she would refer me to a fertility specialist, because she couldn\u2019t prescribe me the fertility medication,\u201d Sadie explained. \u201cI was over the moon about that. Finally, we got something other than a no! We got a \u2018not right now,\u2019 and we were thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI had always felt like I was born to be a mother,\u201d Sadie shared. \u201cMy surgeon had taken so much time to warn me about how fertile I would be after surgery, but I still wasn\u2019t pregnant. So, we gave up. We realized that we were only destined to be an aunt and uncle to our nieces, and godparents to our goddaughters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, out of the blue, a friend called them on the phone asking if they would be willing to foster a baby of a couple she knew. Both Sadie and Jarvis got excited over the thought to step in for a child in need of help, but were worried that they would get too attached to the little one. Despite that, they agreed to become foster parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then, the caseworker handling the case came with some great news no one expected to hear. She called the Sampsons and said: \u201cThe birth mom decided she would like you guys to adopt the child instead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Holy crap!!,\u2019 I said aloud,\u201d Sadie recalled of the moment she found out she was going to be a mom.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe went from not having any children, to the possibility of fostering one, to, \u2018You guys are parents!,\u2019 overnight. I listened to the case worker as she talked, still in disbelief. I hung up and called my husband! \u2018Babe!! They want us to adopt the baby! They want us to be parents,\u2019 I screamed. \u2018Wait! REALLY?! I thought they just wanted us to foster him!,\u2019 he said. \u2018Nope! They want us to be his mom and dad,\u2019 I said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn\u2019t even have the time to prepare for what followed as the mother asked for an independent adoption and was ready to sign the documents in the days that followed.<\/span>

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The baby was born prematurely, at 33 weeks, and was still at the hospital.\u201cHe literally fit in one of my husband\u2019s hands,\u201d\u00a0Sadie told\u00a0Love What Matters<\/em>.\u201cHe was so tiny, swaddled in a white blanket, with pink and blue stripes.\u201d<\/h2><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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