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There was a litany of doctors. Neurologists, maternal fetal specialists, obstetricians, anesthesiologists. Everyone agreed: the couple could go ahead and try to have another biological baby. They were cautious, but pleased. Soon, they announced a second pregnancy to their family over Chinese food. The woman felt great. Healthy. Relaxed. The man was excited, too. But they both remembered the long road they had walked during the months before. It was so fresh and they were so curious that, before this pregnancy physically announced itself, they visited several adoption agencies. They listened to experts and began reading. The young woman enlisted prayers from her beautiful praying friends, not just for a healthy second pregnancy, but for the very idea of adoption. It was 2005 and there were already people praying around adoption.