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Brendan O'Connor

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1330 total appearances

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Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

So adoption still goes on, probably a bit more rare these days.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

More rare today.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

adoption is a good thing.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

And often... And they're the people who say, look, I love my mum and dad.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Yes.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

And those people are my mum and dad.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

They're my mum and dad.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

But there is someone else out there as well.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Yes.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Now they're getting into their teen years and we need to have this conversation with them.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

But we're both anxious about this situation, how to approach it and explain to them their grandparents are always going to be their grandparents.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

But now they have more grandparents to meet, as my wife found her natural parents.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

We're planning to do it in the summer when they're off to give time to process.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

What do you think?

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Yeah.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

And kids are well able to manage this.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Okay.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

Richard Hogan, thank you very much.

Brendan O'Connor
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”

We'll take a break.

Brendan O'Connor
Michael Harding: “The sun gaslights us in Ireland. We’re never sure of it”

Michael Harding, welcome back to the show.