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I have to agree with the other posters that it really all depends. Different agencies advertise differently, present propsective adoptive parents differently, and in those agencies where the expectant parent chooses the person(s) whom will adopt, it will also depend on their specific preferences and if they connect with the couple as well if it is an open adoption situation. For example, you may be what the expectant parent wants on paper, but once you meet or start talking, maybe you don't connect or it doesn't feel right .... that situation may not go any further.

For us, we brought home our beautiful son in just under a year from the time we were "in the book" with our agency. We were contacted by an expectant parent through our agency's website where our profile was posted, we talked and talked, and then she contacted the agency to let them know she wanted to match with us. The agency contacted us to see if we also wanted to match with her, we set up a face-to-face with her, and about a month or so later, we were at the hospital and in the delivery room for the birth of our son and she placed him our arms immediately. He was discharged from the hospital into our care and we are awaiting our's state's wait time before we can petition for fnalization.

I would check with several agencies to see what their average wait time is, and try and speak with other couples who have adopted through that agency to see what their actual wait times were.

Best wishes