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Laboring to adopt her first daughter

Lauren Youngblood was hospitalized at Northeast Georgia Medical Center when she was pregnant with her baby girl, Anniston Belle Youngblood. But she wanted to keep her promise to adopt her husband’s daughter, Ivy, before Anniston was born. To accomplish that, the family proceeded with the adoption via FaceTime.

0222ADOPTION-1 — Lauren Youngblood was hospitalized at Northeast Georgia Medical Center when she was pregnant with her baby girl, Anniston Belle Youngblood. But she wanted to keep her promise to adopt her husband’s daughter, Ivy, before Anniston was born. To accomplish that, the family proceeded with the adoption via FaceTime.

Sometimes things just fall right into place. And no one knows that statement rings more true than Lauren Youngblood. Before giving birth to a baby girl Feb. 4, the Clarkesville woman was finalizing the adoption of her stepdaughter, Ivy, over FaceTime.