by Emma Vex | Sep 29, 2016 | International Adoptions
Adopting an older child brings joy, but it also brings a unique set of challenges. Adopting an older child is a big transition for everyone involved, and many adoptive parents can be left wondering if what they are experiencing is “normal” or not. Even if adoption is...
by Emma Vex | Sep 22, 2016 | Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Many people have heard of Postpartum Depression, a period of depression suffered by a mother directly following childbirth. What many people don’t know is that a similar type of depression can affect adoptive mothers. It is estimated 18% – 26% of mothers who become...
by Emma Vex | Aug 18, 2016 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Newness and expectancy is what makes beginnings so exciting, but so often in life we enter into the next stage with a certain naïveté. When we were young, we may have been excited about the first day of Kindergarten, but we had never been to school before. We entered...
by Emma Vex | Jul 28, 2016 | Adoptions, International Adoptions
When adopting internationally, you will have to travel to your child’s birth country. Most families stay several days, bonding with their child and completing paperwork. Families adopting through our Poland program often visit Wroclaw, and they often report...
by Emma Vex | Jul 13, 2016 | Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
We all know one of the biggest concerns for many prospective adoptive parents is cost. It’s also the biggest hindrance and the reason many people don’t even consider adopting. There are many ways adoptive parents can fund their adoption, such as grants and savings...
by Emma Vex | Jul 6, 2016 | Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
As parents, of course we naturally want our children to be healthy. More often than before, children adopted through international adoption, however, will come into your home with some medical problems ranging from the easily correctable to lifelong disabilities. If...