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Originally Posted by mayamoo
Hi....I have been lurking here for several months and finally decided to register. I live in Washington County (Riverside.) I started visiting this board because my hubby and I are in the process of trying to adopt my 9 mo. old cousin who has been in foster care in Oregon since birth. I am also thinking about becoming a foster parent someday myself.....but first we have to think about my baby cousin and what she needs. Nice meeting all of you.
Carrie
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What a small world!! :-) We actually decided to look into fostering when a 6 month baby who's gma is friends with my mom will become available for adoption but we'd have to foster her first. Since we weren't licensed, we couldn't foster her and it is looking like her foster parents are going to adopt her.
I was discussing it with the social worker and she told me that a lot of year and under children come into foster care. Some are reunified, some are not. But, eventually, we should be able to adopt. We were looking at international adoption but it's SO EXPENSIVE.
Sooooo we're going to do foster to adopt and see how that goes. The only thing that concerns me is that I know it's going to be really really hard if a child I'm fostering is reunified. Buuuut if I have to go thru heartbreak to find my forever child, it's well worth it!
