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Parents Say: How to choose an adoption lawyer or agency
Put together a list of questions Visit several agencies Get recommendations from people who've been through it Don't be afraid to change programs Find an agency that can handle the type of adoption ...
www.babycenter.com/0_parents-say-how-to-choose-an-adoption-lawyer-or-agency_1381366.bc
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Upside: Personal stories on how to choose an adoption agency or lawyer
Downside: Click on 'See all on one page' to reduce clicking
The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) is not
a child placement organization, but rather an agency serving other agencies and organizations that place adoptable children. NACAC mainly helps agencies place older and special needs children. It ...
www.babycenter.com/0_north-american-council-on-adoptable-children_1437.bc
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Upside: Information and resource links to the NACAC
Downside: Busy page
Surrogacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth to a child for others to raise. She may be the child's genetic ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational_Carrier
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Upside: Excellent user-compiled detail on gestational carriers including history and different world perspectives
Downside: Limited procedure information
Surrogacy - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surrogacy is a method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and deliver a child for a contracted party. She may be the child's genetic mother (the more traditional form of ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogacy
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Upside: Excellent user-compiled detail about surrogacy including by country and state information
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Deciding to Adopt - Advice & Tips
Featured Article The Package That Held Our Hearts By ClubMom Member Deanna, Clarkston, MI It had all started with an application — an adoption application. We were holding a thin Federal Express ...
www.clubmom.com/go/adoption/deciding-to-adopt
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Upside: Links to articles, personal stories and discussions about deciding to adopt and adoption
Downside: May not be right for you
The Reluctant Spouse
Don't be surprised if your mate resists adoption even as you're embracing it. It had been a long haul to convince my husband to start a family. When biology failed us, he felt the subject of children ...
www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=186
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Upside: Helpful article on how to decide whether or not to adopt
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An Overview of International Adoption
Americans are adopting more and more children from other countries. Between 1988 and 1998, the number of these adoptions rose from about 9,000 to nearly 16,000 per year. In fact, international ...
www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5255,00.html
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Upside: Good detailed information on international adoption
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Deciding to Adopt
The decision whether or not to adopt is simple for some, very complicated for others. Probably the soundest reason for adopting is the desire to have a child to raise and love. Other motivations ...
www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5251,00.html
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Upside: Good detailed information on deciding to adopt
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Domestic adoption - An Overview
Despite myths to the contrary, domestic newborn adoption remains alive and well in the United States. Current estimates of the annual number of infants adopted domestically (excluding foster and ...
www.adoptivefamilies.com/domestic_adoption.php
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Upside: Basic overview on domestic adoptions with helpful facts including costs of adoptions and good links
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What is a gestational carrier, and when should you consider
using one? Fertility doctors sometimes recommend the use of a third- party gestational carrier if the infertile couple wants to have their own biological child. Many medical conditions necessitate ...
100infertilityquestions.blogspot.com/2009/07/gestational-carrier-ivf.html
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Upside: Doctor's blog with information about choosing a gestational carrier
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