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Stupid question, I know, but have you considered adoption? I wouldn't exist at all if my grandparents hadn't.

• zzzeek 14y ago
  Adoption is a $30-$60K process to embark upon and often takes years, featuring many potential roadblocks - the recent Russian decision for example shuts the door to many couples who've been waiting for months or years on waiting lists. Domestic adoption is a complex process also. Assuming our upcoming donor cycle fails, adoption will be our final alternative. We are in our mid-40s now.
  • vacri 14y ago
    Fostering is always in need of more folks. It's not quite the same, but it's an option.
  • Evbn 14y ago
    It varies a lot based on how picky you are with your choice of child. That said, a quick and easy adoption of the most available child is more likely to be followed by a life time of having a less healthy child, for various kinds of health issue. That said, I think it is good communitarian practice to be involved in at least one adoption, as a parent or sibling. There are so many abandoned or abused kids who deserve better than what they have.