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We adopted two children domestically several years ago. We have two terrific kids, BUT I was in tears for about four months prior to one of the adoptions. The birthmother was totally committed to us, but we had a heck of a time getting the birthfather to sign off on the adoption. We didn't get it until after our child was born and after spending thousands of dollars on faith that the adoption would indeed go through.
Due to that stress, we picked Russia for our third child. Even with the big database letter slow-down which we got caught up in, our Russian adoption was a LOT less stressful than our domestic adoptions. Also, with two children in our family already, we didn't think we could risk having a new child taken out of our home if the birthmother changed her mind, even after a few days. We just couldn't chance that, emotionally.
Of course, so much of this is individual and intuitive. Go with your gut, is my only actual "advice!"
Good luck,
CindyC
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