DH and I have decided to try one more IUI and then move to the next step. We are collecting information about adoption right now. I am interested in any and all information as to why you chose to adopt (was it first choice or last choice?) At this point I am terrified of IVF and DH doesn't want to go that route either.
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Hello, and welcome. I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties with IF.
My husband and I always planned to adopt, we just thought we'd have a biological child first. Circumstances just panned out to be beneficial for adopting first (financially, job-wise, time-wise, etc.). Now we're wondering if we'll ever try to conceive a child, or just build our family through adoption entirely.
Dh and I are also dealing with IF, but it was a situation that we knew was likely and had discussed adoption almost as long as we had discussed children. We TTC for about a year and a half before seeing a dr about it. But the only treatment we tried was Clomid, and DH and I hated the way I acted/ felt on it. So we stopped it after 3 months and moved our efforts to adoption.
For us it was partially a financial choice- our insurance didn't cover any IF treatment, and we decided that we would rather spend money directly on something that guaranteed us our baby. So, adoption wasn't exactly our first choice, but it definitely wasn't our last one either. We both agree that we might want to try IF sometime in the future, but for now this baby will be our baby regardless of how he/she shows up in our lives.
Best of luck with your choice! Welcome to this board, it is full of valuable information and is a wonderful support system.
Howdy and welcome to the board! It's great with a lot of wonderful people.
We'd always figured we were going to adopt, and had discussed it all along. We planned on adopting #2, possibly #3, but IF issues just sped up the process for us. And we couldn't be happier. After 18 months contracted out we were blessed with a beautiful baby boy on Christmas day.
Good luck in your journey!
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Welcome! DH and I had been TTC for about 2 years (nothing medical, just "trying") and right when we were facing the cut off for seeking medical explanations, we were asked to take DD from my former SIL (such a long story) as an emergency foster placement. We had no idea it was coming, didnt plan a single step and never looked back.
It is only now that we may look again at TTC, with dr visits early in 2009 since I turn 39 next year. We would love to have one of our own, or adopt one more, as we would like to have DD have a sibling to grow up with outside of the 10 year old (also from former SIL) that will go off to college before we know it!
It has been a strange, unconventional road to building our family, but we love and embrace every moment.
Hi:) Welcome to the board! In our case, adoption was something I'd always considered, but like others have said, I thought I'd have a bio child first. After more than a year of trying, we went for the standard tests and found out that we both have pretty severe "issues."
We decided to turn to adoption. Like you, I was pretty scared of IVF, and our chances were so low of getting pregnant even with IVF, that I couldn't imagine spending the money on it. We researched local agencies and were given terribly long waiting lists, so we decided to use a consultant we had read an article about in an adoption magazine. Our daughter came home with us less than six months later, and it was such an awesome experience, that I work with the consulting firm now:) It was such a difficult road, but looking back now, I wouldn't change a thing because then I wouldn't have my Lily. 
Keep us posted on things! I look forward to hearing more about your journey:)
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Thanks for the info! While, we hope to continue trying in hopes to experience pregnancy I think we are ready to make the next step with our adoption journey.
My question is how do we find reputible adoption agencies? We definately don't want to be put on a 3 year waiting list. But I've also heard so many horror stories of adoption scams.