If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed at trying to figure out just how and where to start your journey to adopt a baby, you are certainly not alone. I’ve been in your shoes and many others have too.
My wife and I adopted our three kids as newborns. We are extremely blessed, but it hasn’t been easy. We went through a painful miscarriage and then dealt with infertility for many years in our effort to start a family.
I’ll never forget what it’s like to have an empty home when you don’t want one.
After we decided to build our family through adoption, it was clear to us that we wanted to adopt a newborn so we chose domestic infant adoption. Like many hopeful adoptive families, we started out totally overwhelmed with all of the information that is out there.
More than anything, we knew we just wanted to be a mom and dad.
The good news is there is help. On this episode of the IAG podcast, we talk about the 7 steps to adopt a baby in the U.S.
Now that we’ve been through the domestic infant adoption journey three times, I have created a guide to help you. It is called 7 Steps To Domestic Infant Adoption. It’s the guide I wish that my wife and I had before we adopted.
Each step is full of stories and info so you know what it takes to adopt a baby in the U.S. Here are the steps:
STEP #1: Do Your Research
STEP #2: Choose (the right) adoption professional (agency or attorney)
STEP #3: Complete your home study and adoption profile
STEP #4: Hurry up and wait (but don’t do nothing)
STEP #5: Match with an expectant mother
STEP #6: Placement (bringing your baby home!)
STEP #7: Finalization (the adoption is legal and forever)
If you’d like my FREE guide 7 STEPS TO DOMESTIC INFANT ADOPTION, just go to InfantAdoptionGuide.com/7steps enter your email address and you’ll get it immediately.
What you’ll hear on this episode:
- A deep dive into The 7 STEPS as we go through the infant adoption process.
- Find out what a homestudy is, why it is required to adopt, and how to get it completed.
- Learn about adoption profiles and why it is important to know how to create and share them.
- My tips (after adopting 3 times) for getting through the adoption process.
- How you can get help directly from me for finding and choosing the RIGHT agency for you through my online course called, FIND MY ADOPTION AGENCY.
Links we talk about in this episode:
- FindMyAdoptionAgency.com – learn more about this unique online course that will help you find and choose the right adoption agency for your infant adoption journey (this is the course I wish someone had created for me before we started our adoption journey).
- 1-800-HomeStudy.com – learn more about home studies and find a qualified professional to help you get it completed.
- IAG Adoption Support Group – our Facebook group is only for hopeful adoptive families or those who have already adopted. Come join the 2,000+ people in this amazing (and private) group to get support, get answers to your questions and learn from others who are on the same journey as you.
- Get my FREE GUIDE: How To Find The RIGHT Adoption Agency in 4 Steps. If you’re new to adoption, have no idea how to find an adoption agency, OR have struggled in your research to find the BEST agency – this FREE guide will help. It walks you through where to find infant adoption agencies, how to evaluate them and then how to choose the right one for you!
