Why Adopt From Vietnam?

My husband and I long ago started to talk about family and adoption came to be a realistic and good option for us as I have some health issues that may pose a significant risk through pregnancy and childbirth.

We looked at several different countries, but most were out just based on my medical condition. About 2 years ago we settled on China, but were in for a long haul as we first had to meet the age requirement of both parents being 30 years old….but we were comfortable with that. Which is still a few years away.

The rumours began to swirl that the CCAA was changing their restrictions related to parents who have a disability. In my case I may fall under that clause for China. We stressed and worried, then one day I checked the website for a local agency who specializes in international adoption and noticed that they were having an information session on all of there programs. I talked to my husband and he suggested we go to end the speculation and stress related to the rumours and see what they had been told about any changes. I signed us up the next day.

A few weeks later in April we got up early to go to the info session and low and behold about double the people that registered showed up…I have to say at this point we were not impressed. As my husband said they want upwards of $25K and can’t even ensure that those that register got a seat. After we finally got seats…we sat down and listened to the presentation….all along focusing on China. Because of the number of people in the room and the shortage of air we took break….I took advantage of this time to speak to one of the people to ask about China. While talking to her she suggested Vietnam, believing that we would be a good match for the program, although they are awaiting their licences, they expect the program to be up and running soon. (They have since received their Ontario Licence and have applied for the Vietnamese licence) The presentation continued and China and Vietnam were discussed. After considering the information presented for both Vietnam and China, we decided to jump in with both feet and pursue Vietnam.

That was a very sudden decision that we hadn’t planned on making, but we are really happy to be moving forward. After not expecting this for about 3 more years we now are making plans and seeing possibilities.

We decided to wait until the agency has all of their licences before starting the paper work, so we expect to start towards the end of summer/early fall. We have also decide that we will be requesting a girl 12-18 months. We are talking about names and parental leave benefits. It is such an amazing process to be starting….