What are your views on adoptees and natural mothers adopting?

I think it's really whack

At the end of the day it's your families choice,.

If you feel you can adopt after your own experiences they its no ones place to make up your mind for you, or judge you for it.

You have a lot to offer these kids, and between you and your son. I still recommend you do some reading on being an adoptive parent, its different end of the playing field, and its good to have the preparation for whats ahead of you and your family.

All the best!

I would never adopt privately or from an agency....that is just perpetuating the corruption of infant adoption.

For a child in foster care, or a true orphan, I would prefer permanent guardianship and maintaining some type of connection to the bio-family. Adoption would require the falsification of the birth certificate, which I am completely opposed to.

I am an adoptee and I have 2 adopted children. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this-as a matter of fact a parent who has been adopted can actually help with the issues that may come up with their adopted kids. If I had not had a very positive adoption experience it probably would not have been an easy decision. But I think it is great.

I think as long as you want to be parents and are emotionally secure with a strong sense of self (in spite of the obvious trauma of losing your son), then I think you are ready to be an adoptive parent.

I wish you the best of luck.

Things in life change, and hopefully, we all become better people when we get older, as well as wiser. I think that overall, you might be 1000% better adoptive parent, because you realize some of the losses and differences of adoption. Circumstances change, and past experiences make us stronger, and better to cope with future issues.

I think it's great that you're in reunion, and that your son is supportive in your going ahead and adopting. I wish you luck, and moral support!

As I have suffered from the results of adoption, I would NEVER want to adopt or put another person in the position I have been in.

My husband and I plan to be foster carers sometime soon once we have figured out where we are going to live long term. But I could never adopt. There has already been too much pain and anguish caused by adoption and I will not add to it.

I just gave birth to my own daughter 3 weeks ago.

We talked about if we would want more children later.. at the moment, Im satisfied with one.. however, if we decided that we wanted more children, I would be more open to adoption instead of having more of our own. I'd prefer to adopt a young school-age child instead of dealing with all the baby stuff.

As an adoptee I think adoption is great, and have no problem with it. I think it's great when an adoptee adopts. My bio mother didn't adopt (that I know of) but she went on to remarry and have more children of her own. I am very happy for her that she was able to rebuild her life and I wish her nothing but the best.

I am not adopted, but my mother did adopt three children, and if any of them wanted to adopt, I'd say go for it. It's a wonderful thing when an adopted child has such a wonderful upbringing with their adopted family that they wish to share that love. Natural mothers adopting...well, so long as they are prepared for it, I don't see why not. Just because circumstances prevented you from keeping your biological child does not mean those circumstances are now in place now. In your case, make sure your son understands that while you love him, you couldn't keep him, but now you are capable of taking care of a child and have decided to give another child what you were not able to give him.

Good for you! But at the same time, you don't sound excited. Make sure you have the right reasons for adopting, which may take waiting for the right time to make sure you are not trying to fill a void.

God bless!