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I am so sorry about your miscarriages. I adopted my first son in 2000 and my second son this past summer. My husband and I decided to adopt after two failed IVFs and I can tell you, I don't feel short changed at all. Yes, I would have loved to have carried my sons in my belly but if I did, they wouldn't be who they are. Ok, I'm off the soapbox now.
1. What sort of things do they check?
Any past record, we adopted from Kazakhstan so they didn't want anyone to have been on meds for depression, medically ok to parent
2. What does the home interviews consistent of? They wanted to make sure that we could financially support a child and had room for one in our home. For our first son we were renters, our second - homeowners. How would we discipline and our relaionships with our family. Who would watch our child while we worked? The homestudy visit is really a time for you to ask any questions that you may have. Blending families, when to give info to family and child, etc.
3. At what point financially do they even look at you as a potential adoptive parent? You do need to provide them with your full financial information, including all assets, liabilities, salaries, etc. We were never given a $ amount that we had to have in order to adopt.
Good luck!
Michelle
mother to Zachary and Alex
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