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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 3990371" data-attributes="member: 18225">My wife and I looked at adoption...got half-way there, but it was a hot mess, and probably $60K.Instead we went with an egg-donor and IVF, my ‘cadillac’ UPS insurance paid about 95% of it.My Uncle adopted two wonderful children from Russia.&nbsp; He’s stupid rich so he could afford to fly to Russia, etc.But, after his first successful adoption, he and his wife adopted another child from Russia, and ended up returning the kid who was so developmentally disabled it was tragic.&nbsp; Kind of wack, but there it is.Then, on their third try, they suceeded for their second Russian adoptee.On the one hand, it makes sense.&nbsp; When my wife and I went down the adoption rabbit hole, we had to meet with Psychologists, therapists, doctors...You know, no one in the US State apparatus wants to let a nutball crazy family adopt a kid.On the other hand, it’s hella expensive and the ‘barriers for entry’ are quite tall, so I’m not surprised that adoption rates in the US of US kids to US families aren’t higher.It is what it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 3990371, member: 18225"] My wife and I looked at adoption...got half-way there, but it was a hot mess, and probably $60K. Instead we went with an egg-donor and IVF, my ‘cadillac’ UPS insurance paid about 95% of it. My Uncle adopted two wonderful children from Russia. He’s stupid rich so he could afford to fly to Russia, etc. But, after his first successful adoption, he and his wife adopted another child from Russia, and ended up returning the kid who was so developmentally disabled it was tragic. Kind of wack, but there it is. Then, on their third try, they suceeded for their second Russian adoptee. On the one hand, it makes sense. When my wife and I went down the adoption rabbit hole, we had to meet with Psychologists, therapists, doctors... You know, no one in the US State apparatus wants to let a nutball crazy family adopt a kid. On the other hand, it’s hella expensive and the ‘barriers for entry’ are quite tall, so I’m not surprised that adoption rates in the US of US kids to US families aren’t higher. It is what it is. [/QUOTE]

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