Adoption & Adopting

100yoga

Beckyy wrote: »

I couldn't spot a thread about this, so apologies if there's one already floating around.

Adopting is something I'm really interested to learn more about. We have a relative who is in the process of adopting, and it's something I'm quite sure we would consider in the future (with or without medical reasons).

How did people find the process in general (both parent and child)?


How did things go with existing/future biological children, were there ever any issues or negative feelings between siblings?

Also, who on earth did adoptive parents use as references? The requirements sound very precise.

Thanks for any replies - very interested to read them!

Becky, regarding references I had to give five, one family reference (I had my parents write that one) and four others from people who have known you for over three years (if you have a couple they count as one reference).

Hope that this helps! Let me know if you want any more information / details.