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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you with shorter time frames, what agency did you use? And any tips on how / why you got picked so quickly?  When I see the books of couples I don't know how you ever get picked![/quote]

I worked with adoptions together, based in Maryland. I put a LOT of time into my profile book; creating it was almost like a part time job. I looked at a lot of samples of professionally done books online (through links found on pinterest, etc.), read articles about creating profile books, and had friends take lots of pictures so we could find great ones for the cover and opening pages (first impressions matter). Our DS's birthmother chose us based on our book, then met us in person just to confirm we matched up with what she saw in the book. I think some other books I saw focused more on how much people had (huge houses, fancy jobs, etc.). We showed pictures of some of the rooms in our house and briefly mentioned our jobs, but we really worked hard to make the book show through words and/or photos who we are, what we like to do, how we think, and what kinds of things we'd like to do as parents.

Once you have a great book, I think there's an element of luck and working with an agency that has a large pool of prospective birthmothers, so your book is shown to someone with whom you 'fit.' [/quote]

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