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Hi, you are smart to ask these questions now. I actually do think that there are probably going to be fewer babies available for adoption from China in the future, that is just my sense. I do not know if there are fewer babies being abandoned, or if there are just fewer babies being put up for INTERNATIONAL adoption. But the drastic increase in wait times, and the not-too-optimistic forecasts coming out of some agencies lead me to believe that wait times will not go back to 6 months again any time soon.
My husband and i are committed to China as we have already put 8 months into it ( 6 months of paperwork and 2 months since DTC) but my concern now is that we had hoped/planned to adopt another baby from China 2 years after our first and I really have no idea of where the China program will be in 3 years. That is something to keep in mind if you plan for a sibling and you want her to be from the same country...
It'll be easy enough for you to find out specifics about Gautemala/ Korea/Russia on this board and on those specific boards. By my understanding is that, with the exception of Russia, which i believe has a similar or longer wait timeline to China, Guatemala and Korea have shorter wait times now. And the babies there are usually younger than in China, i.e. closer to 6 months with Guatemala and Korea. With China, the babies are usually in the 8-14 month range.
As you have probably already discovered, China is the least expensive of most of the IA programs, so that is something to keep in mind too.
Good luck with your decision, its a tough one!
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