Has anyone used Lifetime Adoptions?

Has anyone used Lifetime Adoptions?
I have had 4 miscarriages in 3 years and my husband and I want to adopt.  We have been talking to Lifetime for some time now and are thinking we will proceed with them but wanted to see if anyone else had used them.  I wanted to try Bethany Christain but they aren't licensed to work with  the state of AZ :(

Thanks,
Lisa

[alaskacouple]

We are also looking into using them. We just recently submitted our application and will find out in about 7 days if we are 'approved to proceed' by the review committee.

Good luck!

[cagrlasu]

Good Luck!  :)

Hope you hear from them soon. Keep me updated and I will do the same.  We just had our homestudy with the state yesterday and are signing on with Lifetime this week/month :)  Very excited,

-Lisa

[alaskacouple]

Lisa - let me now how your's goes.
We have our the pre-conference video to watch, and then have our telephone conference set up for the middle of Feb.

Nervous, excited, scared..... all of the above!

How was your homestudy? We haven't done that yet...... just wanted ideas on how 'torturous' that was????

Thanks!
Sam

[cagrlasu]

Hey Sam-

Our homestudy wasn't bad at all. I have my one on one with my social worker tomorrow nad my husband has his next Monday. Once that is done she will do her write up and submit it to the comissioner for approval.

As far as Lifetime goes we are waiting for our welcome binder which they said they are sending out Monday so next weekend we will start working on our profile.  I'm excited and nervous all at the same time too.  

Hope your call goes well :)  Are you looking at any other facilitators or just Lifetime?

[KingdomWarrior]

I contacted Lifetime, but they didn't approve me at the time.  Said that they had more couples than babies and couldn't take on a single person.  They do work with singles and said that if they found someone that requested single mother only they would contact me.

But 2 weeks after their rejection, I found out about another baby and he was born in July.  I finalized his adoption in Dec.  

Homestudies are not a big deal - review finances, background check, talk to neighbors and friends, view your home, etc.  Mine took all of a week.  The background check from the state took the longst - 6 weeks.  Our state is just slow.  

[cagrlasu]

Just wanted to send an update on this thread.  We used Lifetime and were matched within 3 months!!  We now have a beautiful baby girl!!  We are so in love!
Thank You Lifetime!!!

[tgcmoore]

So do you still reccommend them?

[cagrlasu]

Yes yes yes!  They were amazing and helped us through every step of the way once we were matched.  Unfortunately their prices have gone up since we used them but if we adopt number 2 I want to use them again for sure!  Best of luck to you :)