Have any of you adopted a child?

I have the same problem that you do. Im terrified of the whole giving birth and the pregnancy period not to mention what will happen to my body after that. But my boyfriend really wants children so I might have one for his sake. Id love to adopt. Ive always wanted to so maybe after the first child, if he agrees we can adopt. Do let me know how it goes.

I haven't. I have thought about it in the past, especially when my wife and I was having difficulty becoming parents. although if we did, I doubt we'd be young parents. I'm not sure what the age is to be given thumbs up, although I doubt they see a young couple below 19 ideal for adoption. (I'm not speaking for others, just myself) =) No matter if we worked hard. Which is why I haven't thought about this for ahwile. Kudos, ~Joey

no, but i think bout it.

My aunt also have the same fear like you.. after nine years the decided to adopt a child and they adopted a gal baby..after two months adoption my aunt conceived and gave birth to a baby two days before..If you wish u can adopt but should be careful enough not to show the differences at any point of time between the two children. The process of adoption will take sometime but will be easy enough if you are mentally prepared..

I have not adopted any child but my fiend have adopted one.Actually she was not physically fit to be a mother.So her husband and she decided to adopt one. They have adopted a girl child.They have adopted her from an orphanage home.Adoptation is a law process.It takes few months.After adoptation also there are some rules.Everymonth after adoptation the child has to report to the orphanage home for medical examination.

Do not be scared of the time or the money aspect. I was. I was also approached about a foster to adopt situation. It's been three years and it isn't even near over. Don't go that route. It's hard. So hard that I can hardly handle it at times emotionally. But I have friends that have adopted through countries, or through the US domestic programs and even though US domestic does take a long time International is usually about a year. Unless you want to go with China and that is ever so popular right now. We are going to pursue a Thai adoption which usually take a year.