We wrapped up our final home study visit 10 days ago and haven't hear a thing from our agency since then. My SW is out of town, but told me the home study is in for review, if there were any questions, the lead SW would be contacting us, but we haven't heard anything.
I'm getting antsy as all heck, but maybe I'm not being realistic? And man oh man am I gonna be bummed if we have to wait simply for our SW to get back from vacay. They have our next check, they have our books, they have all references, the HS has been written up and submitted...ugh.
I just want HS approval so we can start being shown!
Re: How long did it take for home study approval?
6 medicated cycles, 2 pregnancies, 1 ectopic April 2011, Early Miscarriage August 2011
7 more cycles, 1 IUI, No success after last pregnancy
7/1/2012 No more fertility coverage
8/17/2012 started pursuing domestic infant adoption!
11/26/2012 HOME STUDY APPROVED!!!
When relaxing didn't work is my new blog!
It took our SW almost a month to write up our final report. However, we knew going in that her office was a one-woman show. So she was not only conducting homestudies, she was counseling birthparents, handling any matches that occurred during that time, leading orientation classes, meeting with other families, etc. When I initially expressed excitement over getting it done, she shot me a look like, "Don't expect it tomorrow."
In retrospect it all worked out. We got our final HS report mid October and were matched with DD early March.
IT TAKES FOREVER! Just joking, but it sure feels like it! Ours took six weeks, when they had quoted us 3, but when our approval letter came in the mail I was so glad that I didn't care anymore :-)
Hope yours comes in soon!
:::Our Adoption Journey:::
Evan James was born 1/24/13 and matched with us 2/20/13. The LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!
We were told it would take about 2.5 weeks after the final visit. We're still in the paperwork phase- haven't even gotten to the actual social worker yet. At my agency that doesn't happen until all the paper work is in and you pay another chunk of money.