How does the adoption process work?

There are a lot of different ways that adoption can work. My daughter was adopted through a private adoption, without going through an agency, which I personally prefer. But adoption is a great choice regardless of how you do it. With my adoption, I was able to pick the family (I just asked around and found a family looking to adopt-there's more out there than you think) and get to know them before I made the decision. We have an open adoption, which means I still get to see my daughter, and that's something that you have to work out together with the family. As for price, most adoptive families that I know are willing to cover pretty much all the expenses in exchange, but in most cases if you back out of the adoption at the last minute you are responsible for reimbursing the family for the money they spent. As for how complicated it was, I had to see a lawyer when I was about 8 months pregnant to sign some papers, and then a lawyer came to me in the hospital and I signed again. Then at six weeks post partum there was a hearing, but I chose not to attend. Those kind of things differ depending on each states law, but I think that's pretty well how it happened. My daughter's adoption was pretty simple, and has worked out wonderfully for all of us. You can email me if you would like to talk about it more, because I would love to provide you with more info. My email is bigcitygrl2000@yahoo.com, and my name is Becky. Good luck to you with whatever decision you make