New, Hopeful, Searching for Direction

Hi, welcome to your new journey! Here are a couple thoughts on your questions: 1) With the agencies and groups we spoke with, you can define anything that is important to you- similar to how expectant mothers can do the same. Such as, your religion and situations you would prefer. We are Catholic and stated in our profile information that we planned to raise any children Catholic, so when potential birthmothers were looking at our info, they could see that about us and if it worked for them, good, and if not, they could move on to someone else. 2) I called a number of agencies, and some we did not, or would not, meet their requirements. The situation we went with was "right" for us for a number of reasons, and we just knew it. I guess I could say it felt better than the others so it rose to the top. 3) I'm not really sure how to verify specifics, other than maybe posting on some boards like this to get feedback. The place we used showed us their data on these types of things, but whether or not they were accurate, I would not know. We went with our gut. 4) I will PM you on this. Best of luck- it is a winding road, for sure!

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