Adoption in India Difficult or not?
it’s strange that as of 2016, only 1600 children are available for adoption in India while more than 7700 parents have applied for adoption through Central Adoption Resource (CARA), a designated nodal agency that coordinates the entire adoption process. Why am I surprised? Isn’t this good news that more and more couples are coming forward to adopt a child? Yet, the sad truth goes far beyond these figures and statistics. If you ask around, you will find that parents are quite desperate to have their own biological child rather than adopt one; adoption in India, is infact the last resource. True Story of Adopting a baby In India We spoke to Purnima from Gurugram, who adopted a baby girl nine years ago. Purnima had 3 unsuccessful IVF attempts and like other women in her shoes was quite frustrated at that point because nothing seemed to be working in her favour. As a couple, Purnima and her husband decided that they had had enough and now they should give up any further attempts towards IVF. Perhaps, having a baby through IVF was not for them. At this point, they decided to adopt a baby, but family members pressurized them to give it a final try and not give up so easily. Purnima recalls how her husband was disheartened that she was taking in so much physical pain for every IVF cycle. As a couple, they felt helpless as they had no other go. And because her in-laws insisted, Purnima agreed to give one final try…just once, not any more after that. And this time, she did conceive. Read the complete the article at : http://infertilitydost.com/expert-speaks-articles/adoption-india
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