The first set of heartache can come after years of trying to conceive, then getting a diagnosis of infertility. This may be followed by more years of heartbreaking fertility treatment.

Even after that, adoption is not a foregone conclusion. It is another huge decision and starts a new ball rolling in a different direction.  Many couples spend many months considering whether adoption felt right for them.

Its not a natural transition from infertility to adoption.

As well as the grieving for the newborne baby of your own that will never be, there are suddenly new decisions to be made.

Adoption from home or internationally?

Which adoption agency to choose?

One child, or two, or three?

What about special needs children? Which, if any, special needs would you be able to cope with?

After all those decisions have been made, the path to adoption is complicated and slow.

Its only when you are finally united with your adopted child that the years of heartache melt away.

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Statistics released this week showed a 13% fall in the number of children in care who are being adopted, despite a target to increase adoptions by 50%.

The decrease in the rate of adoption confirms fears that more children are missing out on life in a loving family home.

But why is there a decrease when there are more people than ever considering adoption?

Some point to the bureaucratic approach to adoption in the UK, particularly the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

Such a shame that red tape and form-filling has meant children who could gain so much from a secure and loving home environment are delayed or denied that chance.

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The Republic of Congo have suspended the international adoption of children to ensure the interests of such children are protected.

The move comes after the arrest in neighbouring Chad of members of French NGO who were subsequently charged with abducting 103 children destined for new families in Europe.

A study carried out in 2006 by the government, the justice and peace commission and the UN Children’s Fund revealed that there were about 2,000 child victims of cross-border trafficking in Congo during that year.

Many adoptive parents assume they are resueing a baby from poverty and institutional care; but the truth might be that the baby has beed abducted from its biological parents.

A study carried out in 2006 by the justice and peace commission and the UN Children’s Fund revealed that there were about 2,000 child victims of cross-border trafficking in Congo during that year.

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