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Laura1976
Member since 5/05 5754 total posts
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Laura
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adopting
just wondering, is anyone considering adopting after they have a kid or kids of their own?
Me and DH had talked about it before i got pregnant in the event that I couldn't get pregnant, but now we are considering looking into it after we've had 2 or 3 kids of our own.
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Posted 8/11/06 11:04 AM  |
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Mommy2Boys
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Member since 6/06 14437 total posts
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C
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Re: adopting
I have actually thought of adopting since i was much younger. But I am not sure how DH feels about it.
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| Posted 8/11/06 11:07 AM |
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sweetpea
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Member since 7/06 2467 total posts
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Donna
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Re: adopting
Posted by Laura1976
Me and DH had talked about it before i got pregnant in the event that I couldn't get pregnant, but now we are considering looking into it after we've had 2 or 3 kids of our own.
us too. as long as we can afford it at that point. its soo expensive. but i would love to do it.
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| Posted 8/11/06 11:09 AM |
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michele31
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Member since 5/05 3372 total posts
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Michele
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Re: adopting
International adoption is not as expensive as you may think.. There is a $10K tax credit from the fed gov't (which is different than a deduction). The money is not all due at once. In fact there are months and months were we haven't paid anyone a dime. And between not taking as much maternity leave, saving on months of daycare, diapers, possibly formula (I bfing) we figured it was almost a break even cost for us.
We are adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. He will be home this Fall sometime. He will be 3-15 months old. We won't know until we get our paperwork.
I have a bio-daughter, Molly, who is 2.5 (will be 3 11/25).
We are very happy with our decision and if you would like to chat about it just let me know.
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| Posted 8/11/06 12:31 PM |
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Laura1976
Member since 5/05 5754 total posts
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Laura
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Re: adopting
Posted by michele31
International adoption is not as expensive as you may think.. There is a $10K tax credit from the fed gov't (which is different than a deduction). The money is not all due at once. In fact there are months and months were we haven't paid anyone a dime. And between not taking as much maternity leave, saving on months of daycare, diapers, possibly formula (I bfing) we figured it was almost a break even cost for us.
We are adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. He will be home this Fall sometime. He will be 3-15 months old. We won't know until we get our paperwork.
I have a bio-daughter, Molly, who is 2.5 (will be 3 11/25).
We are very happy with our decision and if you would like to chat about it just let me know.
thats great! DH's family has a history of boys, so we are thinking of a baby girl from china. I was adopted as a baby, as were 2 of my other sisters, my parents have 2 natural kids and i always thought it would be a gesture to give a child the same opportunities that i was.
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| Posted 8/11/06 12:41 PM |
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steph4777
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Member since 5/05 11726 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: adopting
We've talked about adopting once we were done have our own biological kids. I think it's an amazing thing to love a child as your own when they are not born of you.
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| Posted 8/11/06 12:54 PM |
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pugmama
April already?
Member since 3/06 5297 total posts
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Erica
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Re: adopting
I too would love to adopt but dont know if I could afford to.
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| Posted 8/11/06 9:27 PM |
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pugmama
April already?
Member since 3/06 5297 total posts
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Erica
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Re: adopting
Posted by michele31
International adoption is not as expensive as you may think.. There is a $10K tax credit from the fed gov't (which is different than a deduction). The money is not all due at once. In fact there are months and months were we haven't paid anyone a dime. And between not taking as much maternity leave, saving on months of daycare, diapers, possibly formula (I bfing) we figured it was almost a break even cost for us.
We are adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. He will be home this Fall sometime. He will be 3-15 months old. We won't know until we get our paperwork.
I have a bio-daughter, Molly, who is 2.5 (will be 3 11/25).
We are very happy with our decision and if you would like to chat about it just let me know.
I'd love some more info about how to lessen the costs of adoption. Does the country matter? I always said I wanted to adopt an asian girl.
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| Posted 8/11/06 9:28 PM |
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Michelle1123
Baby #5 on the way!
Member since 9/05 7919 total posts
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Re: adopting
Probably not  but only b/c we're hoping to have 3 or 4 of our own, and our house is only 2 bedrooms right now, possible going to be 3 soon if we get the extension done!
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| Posted 8/11/06 9:55 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 27567 total posts
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Janice
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Re: adopting
I love the thought of adopting. But being a foster parent appeals to me a little more. From the first time I read A Child Called It, I have been very interested in it.
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| Posted 8/11/06 10:36 PM |
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