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No and No.

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No Im not adopted, and neither are my siblings...

My BF who is like my sister is though-

and yes- If I could not have kids I would prob adopt... DH and I never discussed it since- we got pg before the "having children" convo was discussed...but granted we were on the same pg. I would say yes...

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I would adopt if I couldn't have kids.

No none of my siblings are adopted.

Two of my cousins were adopted and you would never know the difference.

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I'm not sure if I would or not, probably.

I'm not adopted nor are any of my siblings

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I am not adopted but I would love to adopt and give a child a loving home

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I grew up with foster children and eventually my parents adopted my 3 sisters, whom I am so grateful for.

However I do not think I would adopt myself even if we were not able to have our own child. But I think I would really have to be in that exact situation to make a real chioce.

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I am adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. We have a bio-daughter Molly and I have no issues with TTC that I know of. I got pregnant 3 months from when I started TTC with Molly. I always felt that I would adopt someday. Scott was 100% on board. We also discussed all of this pre-marriage.

None of my family members are adopted. I have no close friends that are adopted. We do have very close friends that adopted a baby girl from China and she is Molly's best friend

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I was adopted. I've always wanted to adopt even before I knew I was adopted, and I definitely plan to adopt. Fh has e convinced to try for at least one bio child, but if it were up to me I might prefer to adopt all or most of my kids, although as I get older and closer with FH my urge to have a bio child increases.

I can't understand people who can't have children and won't adopt. I honestly don't get it. I've seen so many people go through decades childless and so obviously unhappy about it b/c IF treatments did not work, etc...it's like if you really want a child..adopt. Of course it's a personal decision, but for me I can't understand wanting a child so badly, but being childless rather than adopting.

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i was born with a genetic disorder that makes me unable to have my own children.
i've known about it since i was about 5 years old, and my mom would always explain to me that i could be a mom someday, but i would just have to do it differently. she always encouraged the idea of adoption, so my whole life i've had the idea in my head that i would adopt. i'm glad she told me so early on, because now i've had time to " get used" to the idea, and its not as heartbreaking now that i'm at this point in my life.
when i first met DH, it was one of the first things i told him, just because i could tel it was going to be a serious relationship, and i wanted to be upfront with him. thankfully, he is on board with adopting, and we hope to adopt in a couple years once we have a bigger house with room for a baby
ETA: i'm not adopted, and neither is anyone in my family

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Yes! I would adopt! DH and I might even consider adopting anyway. I would like to have two biological children and adopt one as well. I can only hope I will be able to do so.
I do not have any adopted siblings of my own but DH's two sisters are adopted. They are biological sisters from Korea. My IL's adopted them when they were ages 3 and 1 1/2. I think the most incredible part is that they did it before they even had children of their own. A few years after they adopted the girls....DH was born and his brother two years later!

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I would adopt, I have no idea what DH thinks, we never talked about it.
We don't have any adopted members in our family.

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We would adopt if we had the money (& a house) None of my siblings are adopted but I have 2 cousins that have already adopted & another cousin who is in the process of getting her adopted child.

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I have always wanted to adopt a child in addition to having my own. DH and I have talked in depth about this and will adopt if we cannot have our own children.

I am not adopted and neither are my sisters. However my BIL is adopted and his mother is an incredible woman. She has given him such an amazing life and I would love to do that for a child.

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No....

My DH and i discussed this in detail..

Should i not be able to get PG the ole fashioned way..

then that is it..
No kids for us

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DH and I decided that we would adopt if we couldn't have children naturally. I was determined to be a mommy any way possible and he was on board.

I think I would adopt even now that I am preggers but I don't think DH would now.....

I'm not adopted myself.

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We would certainly adopt if we couldn't have biological children.

Neither my sister nor I are adopted.

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right now, i can't say that i never would, but if we cannot have kids, my feelings may change.

no one in my family is adopted although i like to tell my dad that i am going to find my "real." father. he laughs and tells me good luck.

as to why i wouldn't adopt, i couldn't get into detail. its personal, and its not something that dh and i would discuss with others.

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i was adopted and so was my sister, into 2 differant families... i can't have children, but keith and i where looking into possible adotion and or my friend said she would have carried for us

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I've always wanted children. If I found out I couldn't have children, I'd definitely consider adoption.

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Yes I believe we would if we couldn't biologically have kids (DH was conceived after 10 hard years of procedures, etc.)

No none of sibs are adopted

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We will probably adopt if we cannot have children 100% naturally. Although, when we actually have to cross that bridge, our feelings may change - in which case we would not have children.

My step-sister adopted my niece and she is just beautiful.

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I have always had a feeling that I would adopt but we have no plans yet. No one in my family has ever adopted that I know of. I think that we would get some well meaning, yet rude remarks.

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none of my siblings are adopted, but I would definitely adopt if unable to have kids. I would love to have 2 biological kids, then take in foster kids.

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