Intro and questions
Hello! My husband and I are in the very very early stages of the adoption process. As in..haven't actually started the process yet. :-) We're working on saving up some more money and hope to start with an agency this coming Fall.We're looking into domestic infant adoption.
We live in MN - so does anyone have a MN agency to recommend? I was also looking at adopting from Texas so any recommendations for an agency from Texas would be appreciated.
Other questions.. We're not going to have the entire amount saved up by the time we start the process but will have a good chunk of it saved and are sure we'll be able to save the rest while we're waiting to be matched or will be able to figure something out if we're matched right away. Does this seem legit? Or have people found it's best to have all of the money saved up front?
Thanks! We've known we've wanted to adopt since we got married and are very excited at the prospect of actually starting the process within the semi-near future. :-)
Re: Intro and questions
Hi and welcome. If you haven't already, check out the FAQs at the top of the board. Lots of good resources there.
No agencies to recommend, but hopefully others will chime in. I think Gladney is in TX.
As for the $ aspect, our agency asked us to be ready with the match fee pretty early on in the process. Their reasoning was that it was the biggest fee, and if we had a quick match, that would have to be available. The rest (application fee, homestudy fee, etc.) we paid as we went along. IMO as long as you can get it relatively quickly, you should be good.
GL and post often!
I've been reading some of the FAQ posts - very helpful.
I've looked into Gladney and think they look great but wanted to see if there were other TX suggestions or MN ones. DH thinks MN might be better because it would not include so many travel costs (flight, etc.). I'm waiting to hear back from a couple agencies in MN but thought I'd see if anyone on here had experience with one.
I'll continue my FAQ research :-)
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
Back to RE Summer 2013. TTC journey continues:
Dx DOR, endometriosis, low sperm count
Clomid + IUI#1, #2 = BFN / IUI #3 = ???
Laparoscopy scheduled December 2013
we are in mn and any agency you look at is going to have a very long wait time. we looked into a few agencies here and we are open to any race and they still told us that it would be 18 months at least. one agency told us they have 5 birthmoms at a time and at least 20 waiting families. im not discouraging you from finding a mn agency just letting you know what we found out.
we are using a consultant instead and an estimated wait time of less than 6 months maybe less if your open to any race. if you are interested in that info you can pm me!
good luck with everything!!
TTC since 2005
missed miscarriage nov 2006- 4 failed clomid cycles-
3 failed femara iui cycles-
moving on to IVF oct 2011
ER nov. 7th
tansfered 2 blasts on 11/10
lots of +hpt!!
beta #1 on 11/21= 50.4
beta #2 on11/23= 90.8
another miscarriage 12/23
moving on to Round 2 of IVF with an auto immune dx
ER 4/23-retrieved 12 eggs
ET 4/28 3 transfered
Beta #1- 356
Beta #2- 870
I don't have any personal experience with adoption in Texas (yet!) but through my research I've found the following:
Catholic Charities of Dallas
Aggieland Adoption (out of College Station/Bryan)
Buckner (multiple cities)
Gladney (already mentioned, obviously
)
Adoption Advisory (Dallas)
Texas Baptist Home (Waxahachie)