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I used to really want to adopt. I wanted two biological children and two adopted. But now that I'm a grown up I realize I could never afford that many children. We'll try for the two biological, but if for some reason we can't have another one that way we'll be very happy to adopt.

We would love to have a mixed family of biological and adopted children, if we can afford to adopt. I'd like to have one, adopt one, have one, adopt one, have one...

This thread makes me happy. We have always wanted to adopt! It was really only recently that I realized I wanted to have a biological child as well, and so we decided to try for a biological child first. Our tentative plan is to try Clomid for the remaining five cycles and then start the adoption process if I haven't gotten pregnant. But if I do get pregnant we definitely want to adopt for #2!

@smores : Ethiopia is really near and dear to our hearts.... we're actually going to a fundraiser next weekend for Ethiopian Orphan Relief. 3 families that we are close friends with have all adopted precious little boys from Ethiopia, and if it weren't for the recent issues, I think Ethiopia would be our first choice. I've been reading up on the Congo, and I think that might be a good option for us!

@mh.abroad: I like that pattern of adopt one, have on. I really want a big family with a mixture of adopted and bio kids.

@Mrs. Jacks: You definitely aren't blogging into the wind. I have to confess... I'm mostly a lurker on hellobee and I don't comment very often on the blog posts, but I read all of them and am really grateful for all the information you've shared!

I'm with @artbee. We would like to have two biological children, but if for some reason we cannot have a second we are open and willing to adopt. I've always said if I could not have children I would be adopting.

we were having some trouble getting pregnant, adoption was very real - although we never started looking into the procedure. it's something that's not off the table but we're happy with the 2 we have now. maybe in the future, we'll adopt a child.

Pre-IF, I could see myself consider adopting, but since we are spending so much for LO#1, we don't think we'll have funds to finance an adoption or another IVF cycle.

We currently have one biological LO, and are considering registering for the foster care program training course soon. The next LO in our home will likely be a child in the foster system

Such a lovely thread. I'm glad it was revived!

I did want to adopt when I was going up. BUT after having my own kids... Wow I'm not sure if I could handle that many kids at once. Maybe when my kids are older I'll consider adopting again so we aren't dealing with too many little ones at once.

Right now I'm team (almost) one and done but if we decide to have a second child, we will definitely adopt. I've always wanted to adopt and knowing so many adoptive parents here locally makes me happy that the community is supportive.

We are adopting embryos.