Is International Adoption Right for You?
Through these three long adoption procedures (each different in multiple ways) she began to compile her experiences and lessons learned hoping to someday share with others who are considering taking the same journey. International adoptions are expensive, and can also be exhausting, confusing, and often very discouraging.
Join Sue as she shares about the adoption process in general, paperwork involved, choosing a culture or country, finding funding for an international adoption, dealing with the emotional issues involved, parenting tips, and much more. Sue describes how she got involved in international adoption:
I think I have experienced just about everything there is to experience about adoption and international adoption. Before we were married I told my husband I wanted children. We were both older - he was forty and I was thirty - and I wanted to have children right away, but we had infertility issues.Eventually, we talked about adoption, but we had limited funds, so we agreed to become foster parents. We got our foster son - an infant - the morning after we finished our foster parenting classes. We were fortunate enough to adopt him in 2000. But we wanted more children, and by then, we were pretty frustrated with the state system, so we turned to international adoption. We applied in 2003 and went through all the hoops of getting our paperwork together. Then we had to wait months before getting our 171-H approved - permission from the American government to bring an orphan into the United States. Then began the long wait for the referral of a baby girl. We waited ten months for our referral, before we finally got the call that a little girl was available. We first met our daughter in the fall of 2005. I know what it’s like to struggle with infertility issues and that terrible doubt as to whether you are “good enough” to be a parent. I know what it’s like to have social workers come into your home and ask every personal question under the sun. I know what it’s like to have to prove you’ll be a good parent. I know what it’s like to deal with reactive attachment disorder and to struggle with learning to love a child who totally rejects you. And finally, I know what it’s like to want a child so much, and have no idea where the thousands of dollars are going to come from to pay for an adoption. Sue shares her advice and tips in the articles she contributes here through her International Adoption Reading Room. Read through the articles she's shared. For further information, contact Sue through the secure contact form below:
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