When Joe and I first began this process, we were told that the wait was between 8-10 mos after LID. However, as we got closer to finishing our dossier, it slowly crept up to 10-13 mos. We are now told that it will take 15-18 mos. We already are down 4. Hannah may not even be born yet......If you don't already know the politics about Chinese baby girls, I'll try to explain. Three big factors play into why China has so many baby girls for adoption. The first is Communism, the Second is population, and the third is culture. It starts with China becoming so overpopulated. In one year there were as many babies born as there are people in the United States. (wow) Because of the poverty and the population the Peoples Republic of China starts a tax of sorts. The specifics are different for each region. Some regions, reward for not having more than one or two children. Some families are required to pay economic penalties, and might be denied bonuses at their workplace, if they have more than one child, unless the first is a girl or disabled. China is a Country whos culture in the past has put more value in boys than girls, so once you have had a girl and your second is a girl, they feel they have no other choice except to abandon the second girl.
You are probably wondering why such a wait with so many babies? Well, China, is hosting the 2008 summer Olympics. With the whole world watching they don't want to look like they are peddling their babies. At least that is the theory........ Anyways, Joe and I are quite alright with the wait. We have plenty of bills that we would love to get paid off before we have the baby expense. :-) But, hopefully it will speed up just a little..... Well I think that's about it for the wait...... The picture below is a picture of Hannah Joe's first teddy bear.... I took his portrait but we haven't named him yet......
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