Last updated on February 5th, 2024 at 04:35 pm
Nat chats with Lesli and Umang Desai who became parents by adopting twins. After 6 years of infertility and loss, Lesli and Umang shifted their family plans to adoption. After 3 broken adoption matches and a disrupted adoption in 2019, they were chosen to be the parents of girl-boy twins. They had 6 weeks’ notice before meeting their newborn twins in person and they returned home with their twins right before the COVID-19 stay-at-home order came down in Seattle.
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Our Journey to Adopting Twins
Is it Adopting Twins Hard?
Adopting twins may take longer, but it is certainly possible. You may have to wait for years if you are determined to adopt twins. Many families choose to adopt similar aged children because that can take less time and the process can be completed either domestically, or internationally.
Do Twins Get Adopted Together?
There was a time when adopting twins together was almost unheard of. Not anymore. Research has shown that keeping siblings, and especially twins together is a great benefit to everyone involved. Twins are always placed together in the United States and in many other countries, nowadays.
What Are The Steps Involved in Domestic Adoption?
Whether you are adopting twins or one baby, the process is the same. The length of time may be longer if you are requesting twins, but there is no change to the step by step process.
- Decide that adoption is the right choice for your family
- Select the type of adoptions you are interested in (are you looking for domestic or international, are you interested in adopting twins or siblings? Do you prefer an infant(s) or older child?)
- Choose a thoroughly vetted adoption professional agency
- Create your adoption plan and complete any requirements by your agency in order to become an active waiting family
- Identify a potential adoption opportunity for adopting twins with the assistance of your agency
- Communicate with the birth mother if she mother is interested
- Complete the hospital stay according to the adoption plan
- Finalize the adoption in court
- Participate in post-placement communication as applicable
The adoption process is quite lengthy and can come with many ups and downs. A good amount of resilience and patience is a requirement on your road to adopting twins.
Lesli Desai is a perinatal psychotherapist, specializing in infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy, and the transition to parenthood. In addition to individual and couples therapy, she teaches a small selection of parenting workshops in and around the Greater Seattle Area. Visit her website at seattle-therapy.com
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