How much do domestic infant adoptions cost?

I'm glad to see no one has discussed agencies and attornies. This is just a friendly reminder to keep all agency and attorney discussion via pm. Thanks! :)

Our first adoption cost us around $3000. Our agency only charged what the bmom expenses were going to be including legals, counseling, & medical as well as homestudy. Our bmom was working and on medicaid so only expense we had to pay were legal and homestudy fees. Bfather was easily found and signed off right away. Our second adoption we lost the $3000 deposit we paid that same agency for bmoms we were matched with and never knew about. I did get $1000 of that back after much complaining and so forth. We found out after we agreed to a match and was told that no money was left in our deposit. That match was going to cost around $8000 not including travel (we had to pass on that match and left that agency.) We were living out of state at the time of the second adoption so we had a second agency to do homestudy update and post placement supervisions but after pulling out of our first agency we were put on their waiting list.They were subsidized by United Way and private donations so our one time fee was $2500. If we had been matched with a bmom that needed medicals paid that would have been extra...somewhere between $5000-10,000. Our's didn't...she was on medicaid and walked into the hospital...delivered and left 6 hours later. Our agency was called by the hospital who picked up the baby and placed her in an agency foster home until bmom was found and legals taken care of. We got her when she was almost 4 months old. In all both adoptions cost us around $10,000 and we got that back on our taxes after we finalized. I personally have a problem paying the huge fees to the agencies...like buying a baby but that is a personal thing for me. I know that may touch a nerve with some folks so I apologize in advance. When we were "shopping" for an agency I contacted one who wanted $30,000 for a "healthy white infant" and sliding scale for mixed or other races! I really had a problem with that...in other words...supply and demand! This was for domestic adoption fees. I can understand those type of fees incurred for foreign adoptions but not domestic unless there are circumstances that are unplanned...such as medical expenses for complications for either bmom or baby or unplanned higher legals. A friend of mine did a domestic adoption but bfather was in Mexico so agency had to pay extra to locate bfather down there and so forth. Anyway...off of my soapbox...but it really depends on your personal situation, what you are comfortable paying and so forth. When I'm asked about this I usually say to investigate which is easier now with the internet...our adoptions were between 1997 & 2004. There are plenty of options out there that won't break the bank.

Our 2 adoptions, same agency, same bmom, totaled about $35,000 each. This included full time residence etc. Seemed high but knew others who had paid similarly. Have cousins who adopted in the northwest and paid a fraction..

Not sure where you are from, but it depends on the agency, I think it's any where from $15,000 to 30,000.

Can you private message me what agency you used?

$34KWe got $10K back from DH's company due to an adoption reimbursement program, and the full adoption tax credit.If you haven't already, check out the FAQs. I believe there are links to ways some people have raised $ for adoption.

there were no birthmom expenses. Not sure we could have afforded it. As it is, we just finishing paying off the loan last spring (when the "babies" turned 5).