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Although, I also don't understand that storyline.  Is this chick really going to just hand over the baby since Julia and her hubby are paying medical bills?  How can they NOT afford an adoption?  Not saying I think adoptions are cheap, just that they don't seem to be hurting for money.  Did I miss something?[/quote]

Apparently you did miss something.  How do you think adoption works?  If you adopt through an agency, the agency charges you a fee (a very hefty fee), keeps most of the money for finding the match and doing the leg work, and passes along to the birth mother money for her medical expenses.  Reimbursement for medical expenses are the only thing it is legal to compensate a birth mother for in the United States. Anything else is selling your baby, which is frowned upon in this country. (You can, however, sell your eggs OR your sperm legally.)  In a case like the Bravermans, the match was made privately so the adoptive parents pay for the medical expenses directly and then pay for a lawyer to handle the legal side of adoption.  [/quote]

OK, I just was unaware of how that worked in general.  I didn't know you could have a private match.  Sorry - I honestly don't know the ins and outs of adoption law since we don't know anyone who has adopted.  I thought they were pretty much all done through agencies.[/quote]

To add to this, the advantage of a private match (which we were seeking prior to conceiving) is time.  Agency adoptions can take YEARS!  A private match can happen pretty quickly.  [/quote]

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