Many people are talking about trying to complete concurrent adoptions because of the wait time.
Since this is the hot topic in IA I thought I would express the reasons why we are not following this trend.
First - International adoption is very expensive. Trying to complete one adoption is hard enough without trying to fund a second at the same time, especially while trying to finish renovating the house. There is just no way possible to do two at one time.
Next - I am on enough of an emotional rollercoaster with one adoption going I just can't imagine trying to do two at once.
Also - There are rumors that the CCAA does not like couples trying to do a second adoption while waiting for a referral from China. There is no concrete answer on this, and I just don't want to jeopardize our referral in any way. If we were dumped out of line we could not reapply because Tammy does not meet the BMI requirements and we would not be eligible until she did.
Finally - I am not sure that as a new parent I could handle 2 young adopted children with the issues that they could have all at once. I am not sure that many of the people are thinking about this and just know that they don't want to wait. I cannot imagine both being delayed and getting referred at the same time with travel requirements, attachment, health issues, ...etc. Many people say that it would be like having twins, and I am not sure I agree.
I am also not convinced that other countries will slow down if there is a sudden influx of people from the China program, and suddenly many of them may be stuck in 2 lines at once with no referral.
Then what will they do?
So I will continue to wait in line and pray that we get our referral in the 2 year time frame.
At this point we are rapidly approachine a year, is another 12 months really that long?
