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skigod377 wrote:
Awwww…your little baby is sooo cute! I was thinking about having another. They do grow up so fast. 🙁 That jade tree is cool, too. I may get one.
How many do you have(kids). We’re hoping for another one, but I was diagnosed with cysts and some other stuff, so they were shocked I even had her. Our insurance got cancelled when hubby got laid off, so I haven’t been able to trot over to the doc and see what’s up in a while. But, we’d love another one, or we’ll jsut be happy with her. She’s so precious.
bluepony78 wrote:How many do you have(kids). We’re hoping for another one, but I was diagnosed with cysts and some other stuff, so they were shocked I even had her.
I only have one. He is seven now. I just changed my mind… I dont want anymore. Im gonna get a rich husband, buy a boob job and an SK, and retire. 😆
Im sorry about your kid situation. Its really sad when someone who wants to have kids cant. If its your thing, you could adopt. I am going to start looking into that. I would like another around Justins age. You have one beautiful child, though, and thats something to rejoice about! Till they hit two…
I think your baby is so cute bluepony. I really like the tree as well.
And Ski, it sounds like you have a good plan. hehe
skigod377 wrote:bluepony78 wrote:How many do you have(kids). We’re hoping for another one, but I was diagnosed with cysts and some other stuff, so they were shocked I even had her.
I only have one. He is seven now. I just changed my mind… I dont want anymore. Im gonna get a rich husband, buy a boob job and an SK, and retire. 😆
Im sorry about your kid situation. Its really sad when someone who wants to have kids cant. If its your thing, you could adopt. I am going to start looking into that. I would like another around Justins age. You have one beautiful child, though, and thats something to rejoice about! Till they hit two…
I feel blessed to have her. our freinds adopted a baby, and his mother was a drug addict, so the kid(now 5ish) is really messed up. Got all kinds of problems. Just makes you want to strangle the mother for doign drugs while prego.
Our niehgbor, who actually rents office space from my husband, does adoptions. We’d like to have our own, so won’t look into that much until we have insurance and doc says I can’t(most of my faimly has overian cancer).
skigod377 wrote:I only have one. He is seven now. I just changed my mind… I dont want anymore. Im gonna get a rich husband, buy a boob job and an SK, and retire. 😆
You are too funny!!!! 😆 😆 😆
I’m friends with a couple who adopted a little girl from China a couple of years ago — they’re planning to adopt another this year.
All of them are really happy right now!
mimitrek wrote:I’m friends with a couple who adopted a little girl from China a couple of years ago — they’re planning to adopt another this year.
All of them are really happy right now!
Do you know the process or hoops they had to jump thru?dragonessjade wrote:mimitrek wrote:I’m friends with a couple who adopted a little girl from China a couple of years ago — they’re planning to adopt another this year.
All of them are really happy right now!
Do you know the process or hoops they had to jump thru?
Unfortunately, not in detail. But I do know that the whole process took over a year, and they have pretty strict requirements as to the adoptive parents’ qualifications because they get so many applicants that they can afford to be picky. One of the requirements that my friends mentioned was that the parents have to be married, and have over a certain income. There was a bunch of other stuff too, but I can’t remember.mimitrek wrote:dragonessjade wrote:mimitrek wrote:I’m friends with a couple who adopted a little girl from China a couple of years ago — they’re planning to adopt another this year.
All of them are really happy right now!
Do you know the process or hoops they had to jump thru?
Unfortunately, not in detail. But I do know that the whole process took over a year, and they have pretty strict requirements as to the adoptive parents’ qualifications because they get so many applicants that they can afford to be picky. One of the requirements that my friends mentioned was that the parents have to be married, and have over a certain income. There was a bunch of other stuff too, but I can’t remember.
Eck, that sucks. Why does someone have to be married to adopt? All the adoption agencies out here are kinda like that. You can be single, but you can’t live with your bf.Well, to add to this, if you do end up adopting because you can’t have any more children but want to have a little brother or sister for your little girl, great for you 🙂 People who adopt are my heroes.
My brother and his wife tried for close to 8 years to have a child through first natural, then artificial methods (IVF). My sister in law also had many cysts on her ovaries, and because of this, over time they removed one, and then only left about 40% of the other one. However, for the past two years they have been in the process of trying to adopt a child from Korea, which, I’m proud to say, we all found out three weeks ago, that a healthy baby boy was born in Korea on December 19th who will soon be coming home to them and make them first time parents.
It’s humbling and puts things into perspective to see how hard and the pains some people experience who truly want to be parents (and would make great parents), but must struggle to be have a child. I wish you much luck.
When i talked to our neighbor lady about the adoption, she said that if we wanted a baby from out of America, they’d be “cheaper”(gosh, please don’t take this bad, it’s very hard to write some things down). She said that esp African babyies are cheap, because they have a lot of health problems. She said that to get a healthy baby is darn near impossible, but if we will take one that’s 2 years old, or a baby with something wrong, then we could probably have one in 2 months for $4000. She said she’s got tons of kids they can’t place, and they end up in foster care. I don’t know the details of what she does, but it’s a non-profit organization, and I think she adopts kids that are already here in the US and “unwanted”.
Gosh, seeing it on paper, looks like we’re not talking about a human life. i sure hope it didn’t come across calus, that is NOT how I ment it at all….
bluepony78 wrote:When i talked to our neighbor lady about the adoption, she said that if we wanted a baby from out of America, they’d be “cheaper”(gosh, please don’t take this bad, it’s very hard to write some things down). She said that esp African babyies are cheap, because they have a lot of health problems. She said that to get a healthy baby is darn near impossible, but if we will take one that’s 2 years old, or a baby with something wrong, then we could probably have one in 2 months for $4000. She said she’s got tons of kids they can’t place, and they end up in foster care. I don’t know the details of what she does, but it’s a non-profit organization, and I think she adopts kids that are already here in the US and “unwanted”.
Gosh, seeing it on paper, looks like we’re not talking about a human life. i sure hope it didn’t come across calus, that is NOT how I ment it at all….
I actually wouldn’t want a baby. I would want a toddler, still young enough to teach and if they come from a bad background they won’t remember as much.bluepony78 wrote:When i talked to our neighbor lady about the adoption, she said that if we wanted a baby from out of America, they’d be “cheaper”(gosh, please don’t take this bad, it’s very hard to write some things down). She said that esp African babyies are cheap, because they have a lot of health problems. She said that to get a healthy baby is darn near impossible, but if we will take one that’s 2 years old, or a baby with something wrong, then we could probably have one in 2 months for $4000. She said she’s got tons of kids they can’t place, and they end up in foster care. I don’t know the details of what she does, but it’s a non-profit organization, and I think she adopts kids that are already here in the US and “unwanted”.
Gosh, seeing it on paper, looks like we’re not talking about a human life. i sure hope it didn’t come across calus, that is NOT how I ment it at all….
I know for Korea and all the countries my brother and his wife were looking at, it costs roughly the same, about $30,000 to adopt a baby and its about 1 to 2 years for application process. That is slightly cheaper than the US, but not by much. The waiting time in the US is WAY longer though.
Is that adoption women who told you this info legit? My brother and his wife considered Africa, but they had close to the same standards as most other countries like Korea.
Edited: I just reread your post, sorry. Yes, I have no idea the adoption process for getting an older child, I was just refering to babies. I know all over the world orphanges are overcrowded with older children so I assume the process is less costly and timely. It is accurate though that if you are willing to accept a child with heavy medical problems, then the waiting time is shorter.
And yes, I do feel a little akward talking about price and child in the same sentence 😳 Anyways, whatever you decide, I’m sure its the right decisions for you 🙂dragonessjade you only have to be married to adopt from certain agencys or certain countries. For example my partner and I will be going through this in about 2 years when she finishes nursing school. We are going through Guatimala *spelled all kinds of wrong. They will adopt to singles. And they will adopt to women or men. Its about 28 grand for a child…and by the time you can pick them up, your child will be about 9 months to a year old. Not too bad. 🙂 That is the way we are going. We have to refinace our morgage to become loving parents…sad huh?
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