Greetings. My name is Jennifer and my wife and I are planning on starting a family in the Spring. We have decided to use the Midwest Sperm Bank in Chicago, as...
Hi Jennifer. My name is Bridget and my partner Terri and I have an 8 month old daughter conceived via insemination. We used two sperm banks, California...
Hi Jennifer. My name is Kelly and my partner Gretchen and I have two beautiful daugthers (a four year old and a 6 month old). What we found out was that most...
Hi Jennifer It's great to hear that you and your wife are starting a family. My partner (Cynthia) and I have a 8 year old son and a 4 year old daughter. ...
There is a social worker in KC (Kris Probasco) who is very knowledgable about AI and LGBT friendly docs. I would highly suggest contacting her and asking who...
Hi there, We won't be at the picnic. I forgot about my mom being in Wichita this weekend so we are going to go visit her. I will see you next week. I think the...
Karla, If I had a choice between seeing my mom and going to picnic, I would have made the same choice you did. See you Tuesday afternoon at 4. Lynn ... From:...
With the ice storm coming up on us, I thought it would be helpful to share ideas on activities for families when cooped up in a house. I have spent many days...
Please give us your thoughts regarding opposite sex role models for your children. Our daughter bonded with my partner's uncle and they have play dates about...
My family is soooooo on board with the absolute need for an ongoing male role model for both of our children (12 y/o female and 9 y/o male). We purposely...
We are a lesbian couple from mid-Missouri. We are looking for information on where to find a gay male or male couple to co-parent with. We've been searching...
Hi everyone. I happened to come across the kcmafa website and was interested in obtaining some information. My name is Mike and my partner is Bruce and we live...
Welcome to new members. Mike and Bruce, it is good to see new members who are also grandparents. So you have been raising children together for some time?...
Welcome to the MAFA group. It is always wonderful to meet new people at the gatherings and through the yahoo group. I hope your experiences will be positive....
Hello mid-Missouri ladies. My partner and I have 2 beautiful daughters both were conceived using the New England Cryobank. Are you looking for a gay male or...
Hello, I was very pleased to find this group, and wonder if one or more of you would be so kind as to give me some feedback about your experiences? My partner...
Hello Laura We are a group of about 120 families and get together about twice a year for annual picnics but more for workshops and smaller dinner parties....
Hi Mike, I hope someone got back to you , we've been on vacation for spring break. You are certainly welcome and will fit in nicely. Please check out our...
Laura, My partner and I have a six year old, first grader. We recently moved to Shawnee Kansas and are in the DeSoto School Disctict. We are very pleased with...
Bev (or anyone else on the Kansas side), I read that you are currently undergoing your second parent adoption. Can you talk more about your experience in...
Jennifer, second parent adoptions are not done in Kansas. There is some luck with them in Jackson County Missouri. You don't have to live there but just be...
My partner and i are trying to get pregnant and we live in Kansas. I talked to a lawyer who said he doesn't see any reason that we can't try to do a...
Sandie- Unforunately, the lawyer we met with was in Lawrence, and we were really upset with their opinion of moving to a more liberal state than trying to get...
My partner and I live in Missouri. We are in the process of trying to find a suitable donor/coparent. Trying to cover all the bases, I contacted the State...
Sandie: We went with the same idea from an attorney who said he doesn't know why we can't try. All Kansas attorney's are going to say that because you are...
Christy, I'd get something in writing from the state of Missouri regarding the 2nd parent adoption and if it is a state wide thing or county by county. I...
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Jennifer, We had a little conversation on this web site regarding second parent adoption a while back. In the mean time my family, my partner, daughter and me,...
