Hello there

I'm gatecrashing, hope you don't mind, but thought someone may be able to help me.

We are currently looking at the possibility of adopting. We are very much at the information gathering part of the process at the moment, and I wanted to try and find some "real world" experiences of successful adoption to give me hope!

So if anyone has adopted their child/ren and wouldn't mind sharing their story, please do! We are of course particularly interested in finding out how long it REALLY takes - my local authority say that it takes a minimum of nine months to become approved, then once approved you are matched, and this can take sometime - perhaps years!

Thank you in advance
Saraxx