Adopting kids in DMV area, we have G4 visas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Single mom here. Last year I adopted a beautiful healthy AA boy at birth. His birth mother chose me. Less than 14 months from first meeting at adoption agency till I brought my son home from the hospital. Expensive, but i had been saving for adoption since my first job out of college (18 years ago).

Me too!

I knew I wanted to adopt as far back as - well, forever. I never had an interest in pregnancy. I started saving and preparing at 30 when I first started reading about Single Mothers by Choice. At 37 I brought home my daughter from overseas. From first step of gathering paperwork until she was placed in my arms was 14 months. I worked with JSSA in Rockville and a New Jersey adoption agency. My father cried when he met his new granddaughter.

I initially pursued foster/adopt but social services in DC never returned my calls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Single mom here. Last year I adopted a beautiful healthy AA boy at birth. His birth mother chose me. Less than 14 months from first meeting at adoption agency till I brought my son home from the hospital. Expensive, but i had been saving for adoption since my first job out of college (18 years ago).

Me too!

I knew I wanted to adopt as far back as - well, forever. I never had an interest in pregnancy. I started saving and preparing at 30 when I first started reading about Single Mothers by Choice. At 37 I brought home my daughter from overseas. From first step of gathering paperwork until she was placed in my arms was 14 months. I worked with JSSA in Rockville and a New Jersey adoption agency. My father cried when he met his new granddaughter.

I initially pursued foster/adopt but social services in DC never returned my calls.

I don't believe this for a second. It isn't hard to *start the process w/ CFSA.

[Anonymous]

PP above, You must be an awful person. I contacted social services in DC asking to sign up for foster parent classes. I called 3 times and my calls were not returned. I then contacted social services in Maryland (I had just moved here from DC) and they were all over me with support. It was actually one of their counselors who told me about international adoption as we got to know each other. Voila! And here i am with my daughter reading this together.