How long does adopting a baby takes if is in the united states?

Question

im 24 and ive been with my husband for five years, but we have alot of problem trying to conceive, i just wanted to know how long it takes,

Answer 1

my parents had alot of problems trying to concieve also, it took them ten years to finally adopt me. i was a new born. they went through two other adoptions...the first mother decided not to give her baby up & the second has a misscarriage. so ten years after going through all the trouble they found out about me and i was born & adopted two weeks later.

Answer 2

1-9 months for an African American baby. 9-18 months for other races. You are a bit young and may have a slightly longer wait but the fact that you are childless does help as many moms looking for families for their child perfer childless couples. These figures are averages for larger adoption agencies. The cost is between $16,000-25,000 for caucasian programs and $9,000-$17,000 for AA children.

Private placement where you network on your own can take longer and open you up to many heartbreaking scams but if done right, it is cheaper. We networked on our own and were matched 2 weeks after our homestudy was done. That adoption failed after the baby was born but it was only going to cost us $4,000 for legals. We brought our daughter home 6 months later through an agency. Everyone has a different experience. Research your agency carefully!!

Answer 3

I'm not sure where you are from, but this is an agency that my husband and i decided to go with

http://www.adoptionstar.com

Answer 4

The time it takes varies it could be months or years.  

If you want a white baby it could take years unless your willing to shell out a big amount of cash, were probably talking at least 50 grand if not more. Now if you willing to take a minority baby your wait could be shorter.  You would also need to read up on books about Transraical adoption, (Raising mixed raced children if you adopted a mixed raced baby) as well as the cultures of the baby.

There are some babies in foster care but they are often the minorities babies.

Answer 5

If you want a baby, consider yourself lucky to be chosen within a span of years.  You'll be one of 90 families for every healthy newborn in the US.  Please remember that adoption is not like raising your own biological child.  Adoption can be very hard on the adoptee who feels abandonment and rejection acutely, having already experienced it at an age when they have no control.  Please do lots and lots of reading on adoption from the adoptee's point of view (some good reading: "The Primal Wound", "Twenty things adopted kids wish their adoptive parents knew", "Helping children cope with separation and loss", and "Journey of the adopted self", the AAAFC  message board, adoptee and first parent blogs, etc.).  Most important of all, you must understand that adoption is not a way to cure infertility.  You need to grieve your losses before you move toward adoption.  Adoption is already very hard on adoptees, and it is even harder when you come into a family with the job of making strangers happy, by being what they could not have.  It's too much to ask of a child, who's only job should be growing up.  Adoption should be a way to find families for children who need them, not babies for adults who want them.  If you are still interested after you've done all that reading and studying, and after you've worked through your own grief process, please consider adopting an older child from foster care.  These are the kids that truly need new families - most infants could be raised with their own parents or extended family, and international adoption is just a mess of baby farming, corruption, and you never know if your baby was actually stolen from people who loved him/her.  Best of luck to you!

Answer 6

In California, the process is required to take a minimum of six months.  That is because a social worker needs that time to monitor how the placement is going before recommending to the court to approve an adoption.  On the other end, it can take years, either for legal issues, or placement issues.  Private adoption is usually faster, international adoption, falls somewhere in between.  But if you're considering adoption and feel you're ready, don't wait.  The issues that children are overcoming (and they do, almost always, overcome them in a loving family) don't go away while they linger in foster care.  Your local social service agencies have plenty of kids needing forever families.  They are eager to match kids who need homes with families who want them.  They will help you and answer any questions you have before or along the way.

Good luck.

Don't take any wooden nickels.

Answer 7

The wait to be "chosen" can take anywhere from a few days to a few years. How open you are when considering gender, race, possible health concerns, etc, can also effect how long you wait.

Answer 8

It all depends on what route you take to adopt. We were told everything from 5 years to less than a year. We started the adoption process in May, were chosen by birth parents in October and our son was born in November (yes, all in the same year).

Best wishes to you!

Answer 9

I found this website a couple months ago through an infertility support group, it has a lot of information about adoption that I'd never heard of before.

http://www.bethany.org/

Good luck!!!