IVF Waiting and Pursuing Adoption

[StaffyMummy87]

Hi all

Looking for advice. Has anyone been on the waiting list but also been considering adoption?

Adoption is always something my husband and I were considering prior to finding out we needed ivf. I have friends who have adopted and they advised the process can be long we registered interest and a nurse at our ivf clinic said we aren’t allowed to pursue both I have tried googling but can’t find anything to say we aren’t allowed.

Please don’t misunderstand me this is not a back up plan even if ivf is successful for us we would adopt regardless

Thoughts please? Xxx

[Ranchu90]

I know that this law applies in Australia but I am not sure if is the case in UK 🤔 ... interesting to know

Good luck both ways 🤞❤️

[StaffyMummy87 in reply to Ranchu90]

We have had to delay and pull back our adoption application until ivf is finished and it’s all on hold indefinitely due to covid. It’s a trying time we live in now! Fingers crossed services open soon xx

[Karinyaa]

God bless you. How are the things going for you now? Are you still on the waiting list? I've been through ivf with donor eggs resulting in a DS. And yes, we were considering adoption but as a back plan. It was me who wated to exhaust all the ways through ivf OE & DE. This might sound selfish but this was my individual path. Our clinic started to work with us really fast - after 2 weeks we've applied for help. They first tried with own eggs, but soon it got obvious they wouldn't do. So our sweet dr advised looking onto donor eggs. Dh and I knew that we might need DE one day to succeed in the program, but truly I wasn't prepared as much as I thought. It's never easy to realise that your genes will die with you, you know. Anyway, we are through now. All this looks like a story from the far past now. I don't have a single thing to regret about. I'm wishing you all the very best of luck, whatever you path might be. Hoping you'll enlarge your family soon. Keep us updated x