We are now in what they call the "waiting period." Another way to say it is, "We are pregnant (so-to-speak), we just don't know how long the pregnancy will go on. We could be waiting for a week or a year. It's hard to say. We're just waiting...
Some specific things we're waiting for include:
- The completion of our home study report. Our caseworker is organizing all of the information she has gathered into a report for their office. We hope this will be completed this week.
- An expectant mother to visit the agency and select us to be the parents of her child.
- A due date for a baby.
As we are waiting, we will be praying for the expectant parents to make a committed decision and for the health and well-being of the baby. We will also be reading some books about being adoptive parents. The agency has started sending us some magazines and literature to prepare us for that role. And, of course, we will continue putting together the baby's room. We'll post pictures of the room when it's finished.
We want to say thank you to everyone for your prayers and support. Thank you for asking about the adoption process. We are blessed to have you in our life. It's exciting to be at this point because it was a year ago today that we found out that we were pregnant. A lot has happened in a year. God moved us in a completely different direction. Perhaps the purpose of the miscarriage was to point us to adoption. Who knows? The fact is, we are getting closer! Please continue to pray.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
How Long Does Adoption Take?
One of the questions we are most commonly asked is: How long does adoption take? It's a really good question, so we want you to know the answer.
The agency told us that they are asked this question all the time, but there is no definite answer. Once a couple completes their home study (we will start ours on March 17), they are ready to be matched with an expectant mother. The time between completion of the home study and being matched with an expectant mother is called the "waiting period" because you are literally just waiting to be matched. The waiting period can be very short. Some families have had a waiting period of zero days because they were matched the first day their profile book was made available to a mother. However, the waiting period can also be very long. They have also had some families wait as long as three years to be matched.
Another way to think of this time is kind of like a pregnancy. After conception, you have a "waiting period" of nine months before the baby arrives. The only difference with adoption is that we don't know how long our waiting period will be. So, this is our prayer: Please pray that the waiting period is short, that once our profile is complete we could be matched quickly. When we are matched, the baby will most likely arrive within two months.
We finished our profile book, but have some edits to make in it. We'll have it up here soon.
The agency told us that they are asked this question all the time, but there is no definite answer. Once a couple completes their home study (we will start ours on March 17), they are ready to be matched with an expectant mother. The time between completion of the home study and being matched with an expectant mother is called the "waiting period" because you are literally just waiting to be matched. The waiting period can be very short. Some families have had a waiting period of zero days because they were matched the first day their profile book was made available to a mother. However, the waiting period can also be very long. They have also had some families wait as long as three years to be matched.
Another way to think of this time is kind of like a pregnancy. After conception, you have a "waiting period" of nine months before the baby arrives. The only difference with adoption is that we don't know how long our waiting period will be. So, this is our prayer: Please pray that the waiting period is short, that once our profile is complete we could be matched quickly. When we are matched, the baby will most likely arrive within two months.
We finished our profile book, but have some edits to make in it. We'll have it up here soon.
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