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I have a question about infertility requirements for Michigan agencies. Is infertility a requirement in order to adopt an infant in Michigan? I've gotten mixed reports. I thought it was up to the agency to decide whether they would make this a requirement. Someone said it was state law. What has been your experience?
We are not officially declared infertile though we each have health issues that would make it a strong possibility. My husband is a juvenile diabetic and I have endometriosis.
But that is not the reason we have decided to adopt. I have other health issues that would make a pregnancy potentially dangerous or detrimental to mother and baby. We also both have strong family histories of diabetes and don't really want to be giving insulin shots to an infant. If we should happen to adopt a child who has or develops blood sugar issues, then so be it. We are especially equipped to deal with it and we would figure that God meant for us to have a child with those issues.
My mother (an RN) and my husband are both extremely concerned about a pregnancy for me. My OB-GYN downplays those concerns but the bottom line is, I know my body best. And after seeing me go through various health things, my mom and husband are in a better place judge than a doctor who only sees me once a year.
I"m feeling sad and discouraged. Help!
Marnie :confused:
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Marnie,
As far as I know you don't have to have gone throught infertility in order to adopt, as far as I know.
I have never heard of it being a state law that you couldn't adopt an infant unless you have had infertility problems.
A couple in our homestudy group adopted an infant and they never received any infertility treatments.
Good luck in your adoption endevors:)
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