flamehunter wrote:Awesome news! Just curious what your thoughts were when you first heard about the physical requirements for adoptive parents and how you feel about it now?
That's a great question. When I share the story a lot of people say, "I wonder why that is" or "That's strange."
I don't think it's been strange to me because your weight is a big part of your health and they want to ensure that the parent will be around for their child.
That being said, is BMI the best measurement? Maybe not. There are so many measurements of bone density, muscle mass, and body fat % that BMI doesn't always tell the whole story but I understand.
In the end, we were worried that this part of the process would slow us down but it didn't. I thought my medical stuff would be the last things we send off and it wasn't. I sent off my medical paperwork on Friday and then today we received our immigration stuff. So in the end, it didn't have any impact on the timing of our adoption, strangely enough.
I am thankful that God has pulled us through this. It's a perfect example of how an obstacle can be turned into a blessing. I'm going to keep going as long as I can!