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April 3, 2003

hello. I came upon this site as I was once again searching for more information on adoptoin. My husband and I have been in the adoption process for a little over 2 years and haven't had any luck. We are now looking into International Adoption, more specificlly adoption from Guatemala. We are listed with 2 agencies in our area and have a lawyer searching for us. We also have put the word out to all our friends and family and our Pastor is also searching for us as are our physicians. Does anyone have any advice on how we can make this adoption happen, whether it be domestic or international? We would appreciate any advice anyone can give.

Thanks

FamilyBound

April 3, 2003

Hey there and welcome!

We adopted our son internationally (from Russia) in 12/01 and are in the process of going through a domestic adoption. You'll find a lot of information in these forums :)

I don' t know much about Guatemala, but you should check out that Guatemala forum on here.

Good luck! I hope your wait from here on out is very short :)

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thelma38

April 3, 2003

Thanks for the welcome. I have looked on the Guatemala site on here and have learned some new information. The only drawback to international adoption is the financial part so we will have to wait and see if it can be done. I am so looking forward to being a mom and can't wait to have a bunch of kids running around the house. Good luck to you on your journey for a sibling for Ethan, can I ask how you are going about it this time? Looking for new ideas.

Thanks again!

TLA in Pennsylvania

FamilyBound

April 3, 2003

Originally posted by thelma38

TLA, we're doing the domestic route this time. We wanted to go back to Russia and bring home another child so he and Ethan would have a similar "birth" story into our fmaily, but this war in Iraq has scared us off (I admit it). Since we don't want to wait another couple of years, we decided to try domestically since it seems that unless you go with a foster system or adopt older children, the cost seems to be the same between domestic agency and international. Though we don't necessarily need to have 'newborn', we wanted a child under 14 months (Ethan's age when we brought him home).

thelma38

April 3, 2003

I agree about the war situation making it scary, that along with the SARS scare makes me not too eager to jump on a plane. My husband and I spoke tonight and we are going to look into differrent options in our area and through our agencies. I would love to have a newborn but am to the point where I want a family so badly it doesn't matter to me anymore as long as we get to have children. I don't want to go over the age of 2 because of some of the things I have heard about them not being able to bond. Maybe later when I get more experience parenting, I can never say never. Thanks for making me feel so welcome and hope to hear from you again.

TLA

FamilyBound

April 3, 2003

I definitely understand your fears! It's such a hard decision especially when you know this is a life changing event. I'd love to help you out if I can! Since you don't have PMs (private messages) turned on here, you can email me at if you like :)