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Medical Review
My husband and I did use an international adoption clinic for a pre-review (and also used them for post adoption review when we came home.)
It gave us some peace of mind, although I agree with what others have said that the info you receive, or at last that we received, was minimal at referral. But they were still able to determine some things, like that he didn't have fetal alcohol syndrome, etc.
Our son was small at birth, so they monitored that and let us know how he was growing each month. They also gave us advice on what questions to ask his foster mother and doctor about his development...We're first time parents so it helped. They were also available to us for medical advice when we traveled to Guatemala, which was another nice peace of mind thing.
When we visited them on returning home, they knew him already, and really were great laying to rest any fears we had about attachment, development, medical issues, etc. The home visit was covered most by insurane, the pre-review stuff was all out pocket and cost about $400.
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