[Mizsamone]

Hi,

Here goes - my husband and I have been married 14 years. We have been pricked, poked, and examined; without a definitive answer to our infertility. It has been well over ten years since we decided to put our adoption plans on hold. We had some very emotionally trying experiences and simply could not deal with the drama anymore. We began asking ourselves if we are really prepared to live the rest of our lives without children and we simply cannot bear the thought of that, so we decided to throw our hat back into the adoption ring to see what happens.

I am looking to connect with other African American adoptive parents for support and to learn about your success and struggle.

Mizsamone

[jarian]

I am an AA woman, married six years and will be adopting from the foster care system. How will you be adopting, domestic, internationa, or through foster care? Welcome and if you have any thoughts or questions, you can PM me.

[DancinBear63]

Hi! I'm and AA female in the waiting stage of the adoption journey. There's a lot of great information and support on these discussion boards, it's become one of my favorite hangouts. Good luck, and welcome!

[Asha0314]

Hi,
I'm AA, adopted as a single parent about 1.5 years ago thru a private agency. You will find soooooooo much information on these boards, for all stages of adoption. I'll be glad to answer any questions you have. Good luck on your adoption journey.

[Sohmakun]

Hello and welcome to the boards! I'm single AA lesbian in the process of adopting independently. Feel free to PM and post any questions you have on these boards.

[OurLifesJourney]

HI,
My husband and I recently took placement of a baby girl in August. Feel free to PM or email me for information and some of the contacts we made along the way.

Nikki

[Mizsamone]

Hi,

Thanks for the post - we hope to adopt through a private agency. When we first tried adoption we felt like we were getting the runaround from the foster care agency. Although I am concerned about the fee structure with a private agency I plan to schedule a meeting with an agency in our area soon just to see if this is really an option for us.

Wish us luck

[Proud2BHisMom]

Hi,

We are an AA couple who adopted our son thru a private agency. Please feel free to PM me with any questions you might have.


Proud2BHisMom

[Chatherbox]

Hello,
My husband and I are AA and we are in the middle of an adoption process. We are in our home study process now. We started with our agency in early October after deciding not to move forward with an Ethiopian Adoption that we originally started in the summer. We felt led to do a Domestic adoption at this time. Things are moving fairly quickly and we really like the agency thus far.
I have not posted here in a while, but I have connected with one other adoptive parent on this forum and we communicate via email! Nikki!
Feel free to contact me. We are always looking to connect with outher parents going through the adoption journey. Good luck with your process!

Kristy

[SupaModel]

Welcome! I'm AA and DH is CC. We adopted through an agency and had a really great experience. PM if you would like!

[manni28]

Hi!

I'm Angela but my "tag" name is Manni28 (named after my son Emmanuel). I'm an adoptee (closed adoption, 1967) and a parent of two boys (one-bio and one adopted) my ason was a domestic adoption. Welcome aboard, this is an interesting place to learn from.

-Manni28

[nickchris]

Hi, and welcome!!

[millie58]

I'm single AA and I adopted my 2 older sons from foster care and am in the process of adopting my 2 younger ones. PM if you need to!!

[sugarmuffin]

I am a single AA and i adopted my daughter thru a private agency. After approval, I got her within less than two months and I truly thank God for that. She is a healthy beautiful gift from God.

Please do not let the fees scare you and find out if they have any programs that could be of assistance. zero percent loans, grants etc.

Goodluck and feel free to PM if you have any questions.

[NCAdoptNC]

HI...

We are AA couple with 2 bio children. We were foster parents about 5 years ago. We are in the process of being licensed for adoption through our local NC DSS. We are currently in the MAPP classes. We were told that it would be fairly quick to adopt an African-American child because there is a disproportionate number of them in the foster care system. We want a baby as young as possible though. So I'm not sure how that time-line would work out for us. During one of our classes the SW told us that we would have a better chance if we accepted the Risk-adoptions (something like that). It's when they place a child and there is a possibility that he/she will be reunited but there's also a really good chance that they won't. Does anyone know anything about that. We were also told we should Foster/Adopt. We initially only wanted straight adoption. I'm not sure anymore...we just want another child!

We initially communicated with a very well-known private agency. They lowered fees because we wanted AA or biracial baby. However, the fees are still a tad much for us. We've decided to go through DSS and see how it works out for a year (maybe less). If things don't work out for us, we'll go back to the private agency and fork over the funds.

Thanks so much for your insight!