Would you or have you adopted?

Yes, I would like to adopt a baby if we can't have our own. There are lots of babies that needs care and love so I am willing to adopt one as long as my partner agrees in doing it. I want to give a baby a happy and decent home on where the baby can have both parents love her/him.

hello, my name is terry, and my wife and i, we are a gay couple, want to adopt or foster, we are actually in the process of being invetigated shall we say, lol, understandably so, but i dont think it would work if one of us wasnt in it 100%. not you per say but women in general seem to think, not all women i might add, that once the child arrives the spouse will "change", i think its a big risk to take when it involves a child. my wife and i are overjoyed to be doing this, artificial insemination is very exspensive so we cant have our own child right now, so fostering is well worth the everything we have to go through to make this happen, i wish you the best in this process!

If it's not 100% supported by your husband it's a bad choice to do it anyways. If you need to get the child with others simply sign up for some art classes or a part time preschool, church groups, etc. and socialize him more.

its nice to adopt a baby, the nursing and feeding for that little bindle of joy is a magical feeling, its a great joy to experience holding his little body in your arms, if i will adopt i will definitely adopt a baby or at least before he/she reach the age of 1. that way i can see him/her grow the way i wanted him to and teach him/her the path that could direct his/her life.

I am the adoptive mother of two wonderful boys. The are birth brothers. The older of the came to live with me when he was about thirteen months old. I was his foster mother till I finally adopted him when he was five and a half years old. The younger one came to live with me when he was about thirty four months old. The younger one had lived with his other foster parents since he was about four months old but a month before their adoption became finally they decided that he caused too much "stress" in their lives. I wish someone had told his other foster parents that children are toys to play with only when it is convenient. I believe that adopting a child is a wonderful experience but when you are considering to adopt a child please remember that some children have emotional scars. My sons have some issues either from their birth parents or from what previous foster parents have caused. There are some days that are real a challenge but the good days out weigh the bad by far.

I would like to adopt. I want my son to have a play mate also and i want more children but never want to give birth again. It would depend on the child and the country that they came from but i would like a pre school aged child. If they came from a non english speaking country, i would like them younger, so that they could learn english before they started school.

I have never adopted a child, but have considered it several times. If my husband and I was financially able to we would. I think it's great that you are wanting to adopt a child. There are so many kids out there that have no family and would love to have a mommy and daddy. Good luck to you both!

I've always wanted to adopt. In fact, before our marriage, my husband and I had plans to adopt atleast one child. But it didn't happen because our relatives said it would be problematic. Besides, we were capable of having our own kids. So, now we decided we would atleast sponsor a child if we can't adopt one . Anyway, if we had gone for adoption, I guess I would have adopted a child about 6 months of age or younger because I would have wanted to feel like they were my own flesh and blood. Secondly, I love babies that have not yet started teething... their toothless smile is something I cherish for a lifetime. .

I am a foster parent and in the process of adopting a child. She is younger and we already have a bio 7, 5, and 2 year old. It's a long process, but definitely worth it. I have had friends adopt older children and it's been a good experience overall, Just remember that if adopting an older child you will have to deal with bonding and trust issues. That can be a long difficult road and I would definitely seek out support of some type during that time. Although infants are difficult you will be dealing with some major coping issues with an older child that may bring strain into your family if you are not prepared for the transition period which can take up to a year. I am an adopted child myself and deal with abandonment issues still to this day. It's easy to say that I had a good life with my adoptive family, but it's difficult to understand why your own parent's "didn't want you" Even though I know there were other issues and it was an unselfish act on my birth mother, it's still hard. Know that you will also need to be ready to face the time they may want to meet bio family, which is another emotional roller coaster. I think adoption is a wonderful thing, but I also know both sides of it so I am able to go into it with eyes WIDE open. If you have any other questions feel free to PM me anytime!!

i think that i would defiently try and adopt if i couldn't have a child or something like that because just because it isn't blood doesn't mean you should treat it a certain way or not...i mean its still going to love you like your their own parents and chances are if you are adopting them they haven't had the best life so far and that isn't good and they will thank you later if you give them a better life...

I have talked to my husband about weather or not we would want to adopt in the future. I want to adopt because there are so many children who need homes and no one wants to adopt them because they want babies or children from other countries. My husband on the other hand thinks adoption is great and its a good thing to do but we shouldn't do it, he doesn't think he would love the child as much as he loves the ones born by us and doesn't think it would be fair to the adopted child. He doesn't want to put a child through that, so he just would rather not adopt at all.