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Originally Posted by alidaw4
Hi Gals,
My concern is that we are Quiverfull. We will have a very large family. I want to be able to have the adoption complete before we run out of bedrooms/ We have a 5 bedroom. Also, I am pregnant now, does
this affect the process at all or what. Any ideas? Should I stick it out with the agency or go with county. Alida w4 expecting #5 in July,
(hoping for a sibling set set of at least 1-2 girls and two boys, at least one baby. ) Bless you. Alida w4
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I am reading this again. I finally have a moment since my baby is sleeping. I can't help but be concerned for you, too. However, for different reasons. If I understand this, you will have 5 bio kids and want 3 to 4 more (one of which you want to be a baby). So if you are successful, you will have 8 to 9, two of which are infants? Wow, how do you do it? You later said that kids are "aging out of the system." Yet, you want a baby in the mix. I was told that there are more people who want babies than babies available, so I had to wait to be matched. Even though I had a 4 bedroom house and no hope for bio kids, I was matched with only one baby. My profile said I was open to more than one. Now, I have to wait six months after the adoption is final to adopt another one. This will in effect end up being over a year.
I know you are probably a great person and have the best of intentions, but when I read your email it seems as if you want a family made to order -- listing number of girls/boys/babies. To boot, you are blessed with five of your own, too.
Please don't be frustrated if prints and pregnancy lengthen adoption time. I've learned that sometimes things happen for a reason. Be thankful for what you have: a large house, a family, a baby on the way. Your future adoptions will come in time. And who knows, maybe you won't get a sib set of 3 to 4. Maybe you will only get one more, but perhaps that will be the one that needs your love the most.