I've been joining a number of networking and educational events online since i first looked at this process, making a further effort to attend now i've started the process. Today's event was a nationwide meet up for Prospective Adopters and was run in the evening for about two hours. There were a lot of people who joined (>30) and this included a number of returners at various stages, including two who have already had children placed with them. It was lovely to hear about the other end of the tunnel. I've been told last week that my end of stage one meeting is now scheduled to go ahead next week!! (I haven't had any indications of concerns, so am hoping that it should be a good meeting. That said, i don't know how under pressure the agency are for whether i'll be able to have the same social worker for stage two or if there is expected to be a bit of a wait..) There seemed to be quite a few who were at a similar stage of the process, who talked about ...