[Lolo88]

I'm a female in my late 20's and I've been spending a lot of time reading about adoption and lurking around message boards and thought it was time to put my thoughts out there and see what advice folks have.

DH and I (married 5 years) have been trying to conceive for a few months, and now have started talking adoption. We may or may not be able to conceive, we haven't really pressed the issue yet, but we're starting to get excited about domestic, open adoption as a way to build our family. I've always felt that I would adopt if unable to conceive (wouldn't pursue treatments) and in the last year or so, we've talked a lot about having a family that includes both biological and adopted children. Currently, we are thinking we would adopt our first child, and evaluate the possibility of trying to conceive after that.

We are going to an adoption workshop next week, but I can't wait to start collecting some thoughts and opinions about this. Thanks!