[mlmr]

Less than 8 years ago, when my husband I wanted to adopt, we were told up front that there would be years of waiting...(unless you had lots of money, then you could do 'private-buy-a-baby' adoption)

Nonsense. I have adopted four healthy US newborns and never waited more than 9 months. This is adoption industry propaganda. Overseas adoptions make agencies more money and for many agencies are less expensive than local babies.

[Rubber_Duckie_27]

That gives me hope that we will be able to adopt someday. We want plenty of kids of our own but also would like to adopt at least one. Domestic infant adoption is always presented as taking a long time and costing tens of thousands of dollars. It's nice to hear that that's not always the scenario.

[najida]

I am grateful that you were able to adopt 4 healthy babies.

I just know that everywhere we turned, we were told that it would be years of waiting or a private adoption costing $$$$. And that was via Lutheran Ministries, the local DFCAS and the 2 dozen adoption agencies we contacted (Some just took the money and never got back to us). Even the lawyer we talked to told us that there were not enough babies and too many people ahead of us in line. I am not making this up.

I honestly don't know what the difference is.