My Adopted Baby

Cathy asked:


Ok so the situation is that I live in Western Australia, and I want to give my baby up for adoption after it’s born. But over here we don’t have any adoption agencies or anything like that, you have to use the foster care people who put the baby into an adoption home. But basically doing that you don’t get to pick out the parents that you want the baby to have.

I definitely want to do adoption, no doubts there, but I really want to be able to pick out the parents. I mean I’m entitled to that right? Plus here it has to be an open adoption, even if you don’t want that. I want a closed adoption.

So my question is, can I go to the USA and put my baby up for adoption there? They have actual adoption agencies and I like the idea of meeting the parents and getting to know them, plus an agency just seems so much nicer than the government doing it. Is is possible as an Australian citizen to give birth in America and have the baby adopted there?

And if that is possible, can anyone recommend a good agency? Thanks so much!
Thanks to the first person who answered, I’ve been able to start doing some research.

For Heather B, I don’t know what your problem is but you don’t know what you’re talking about. Yes, we’re presented with files of the parents and details of their lifestyles, etc on paper, but you don’t actually meet them until the baby is born. I prefer to meet face to face with the people I am giving a baby to, just because a peice of paper says one thing the people themselves can be entirely different!
And yes, in WA every adoption is open to some degree. Whether you see the child or not the adoption is open and the parents have all your details and vice versa.

So maybe you should do your research before you insult people you don’t know and make a hard situation even harder for them?
Ok, don’t worry about it if none of you can help just say so there’s no need to insult people. You have NO idea what my reasons or situation is and neither do you have a right to I have begun my own research and am finding out for myself.

Randy B asked:


We’ve recently welcomed a baby into our home as a foster baby. She came to us as a 4 day old and she is now 2 months. The program in our area is such that babies like her go into foster care, for various reasons, and CAS goes to court for permanent guardianship. Once that is granted the baby goes for adoption and in this case we will be the adoptive parents. That way there is no movement from home to time prior to adoption and she gets a chance to bond from the start with her new family.

This little one was given the name Brooke-Lynn by her bio mother. Both my wife and I love Brooke because it has a connection to my family but the whole Brooke-Lynn, Brooklyn, Brooke Lynn combo is a non starter for us.

We are going to keep the Brooke part of her current name but as part of the adoption process we are going to give her the middle name of Kendell.

How does Brooke Kendell sound as a name?

pk1 asked:


Did you want to see your baby? Did it make giving your baby up harder? Did your hospital make you leave with the baby and make “the switch” off of hospital grounds?
He’s not going into foster care. I have already picked out a family to adopt him.

RainIZwater asked:


Does it have to be public? Or can it be a private adoption? Can they back out of the adoption? Could my child end up in foster care? Im concerned for my child and want the best for him

42_2001 asked:


My husband and I know someone that is in trouble with the law and may give her baby up for adoption. We are infertile and really want to adopt. She hasnt said yes yet to anyone but she will have to go to jail a fe days after the birth. She is due in 5 days. If she waits until shes in labor to call us can we still adopt and bring the baby home from the hospital or will dhr get baby if she doesnt want it since we dont have any paper work with atty or a homestudy done as of yet? We wanted to get all of this done asap but we were waiting on her to say yes. We are so nervous that we wont get the baby and it may have to go to foster care.