Once again me and an infertility rant. If you ever even mentioned adoption when dealing with your infertility, you have without a doubt encountered someone telling you that once you fill out the paperwork you will get pregnant. Sure it happens... in about the same 5% of couples who get pregnant after giving up infertility treatments. But the old wives tale says that in order to get that far you need to apply for adoption (eg relax) in order to get that holy grail of trying to conceive. First of all, let me repeat that relaxing has not been shown to have a significant influence on pregnancy rates.
Secondly, have you ever tried to adopt? The stress of trying to conceive is nothing compared to stress of adopting. The average ttc lady is asking just one question: (When, How) Will I get pregnant? The average adoptive family is plagued by many more issues. How the heck will we pull together 20 grand (average cost of adoption)? Will we pass the background check? Will we pass the home study? (When) Will an expectant mother like us? Will she change her mind? Will the bio father change his mind? Will we get the adoption through without a hitch? How are we going to be pay those 20 grand? Been there, done that, and let's just say that the stress levels are not going down. So much for relaxing (and getting pregnant).
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