108 - "Adopting my son made me a better person".

Update: 2025-10-22

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Fay talks about adopting her two-year-old son after three rounds of IVF, including one miscarriage. She had heard about how much longer black children wait for adoptive families and felt that adoption would be the right way to parenthood for her. Family life has brought Fay and her wife so much happiness and she talks about the importance of play and the need for patience!

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108 - "Adopting my son made me a better person".