hi michelle me and my husband adopted a beautiful domestic infant baby boy two years ago, it was hard but the outcome out weight everything and now we are on the waiting list again for another baby i can e-mail the name of the agency that we used they were great and they are located in PA

----- Original Message -----
From: Bec
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008 5:11 pm
Subject: [OASIS-Adopt] Michelle's Intro ~ new member
To: OASIS-Adopt@yahoogroups.com

> From: "Luna Muna"
>
>
>
> > My name is Michelle (I prefer not to use my full name, thank
> you for
> > understanding my wish for privacy.) I am 38 years old and
> I've never been
> > pregnant. I have not been tested yet for infertility but I'm
> sure I have
> > something, because we haven't used any contraceptives in over
> 2 years (and
> > I was never on the pill, just condoms/spermicides for 20
> years, and we
> > know how that sometimes fails.) I know that my insurance
> doesn't cover
> > much testing, and no treatment for infertility. I'm not sure
> how I'd feel
> > about IVF even if I could afford it -- it's so risky (we could
> spend all
> > that money and still not have a baby.) Plus, I'm not sure my
> body can
> > handle the stresses of pregnancy. So we are looking at
> adoption as a way
> > of becoming a family. I've been gathering info on
> international adoption
> > for almost a year, but now we are looking adopting a domestic
> infant (an
> > acquaintance just had a successful domestic infant adoption
> rather quickly
> > and
> > inexpensively, so I'm feeling more hopeful about that option.)
> We are
> > also considering adopting older children (up to age 10) from
> the foster
> > care system, so I'd like to learn about that if anyone here
> has done it.
>
>