An adoption update! In today’s episode, I shared:
- Our history with wanting to adopt, our previous application to adopt from China
- Our decision to withdraw from our previous adoption agency and no longer pursue adoption from China
- A quick overview of how international adoption works in general
- The bad news: We have to start all over again (again)
- The good news: We’ve done it before, so we’re pros!
- The awesome part: Why we decided we are pursuing an adoption from South Korea (Check out our adoption agency’s information page to learn more about adoption from South Korea.)
- preserving birth order (our adopted child will be our youngest child and, God-willing, have younger biological siblings in the future)
- shorter timeline because of our goal to have at least one more biological child
- time between application and match (aka referral), averages between 6-12 months
- child is usually 18-30 months at the time of placement (aka homecoming)
- strong foster care system
- excellent medical care provided for child, accuracy of medical records sent to adoptive parents for deciding on referrals & continued communication
- possibility of relationship with birth parents
- our children are encouraged to join us on the trips there! (2 short, week-long visits involved)
- What does all of this mean for us right now?
- We are trying to complete all of our paperwork ASAP (goal: dossier submission in September)
I’m hitting pause on the podcast until September to focus on our adoption. I’ll be back in the fall with new episodes and interviews.
Please keep in touch until then! As always, you can e-mail me at podcastATcatherineboucherDOTcom or find me on Facebook or Instagram
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