Unmarried couple with a birth child and no fertility issues - would we even be considered as adopters?

[Rubirosa]

As the title says really, we have a young child already and are interested in adoption (or possibly long term fostering) in the future. As we could have another birth child would SW not be interested in us as adoptive parents? I have heard that they want prospective adopters to have completely exhausted fertility treatment etc before deciding on adoption, so would a couple choosing adoption despite no fertility issues be some sort of negative for them?

Briefly as I'm very tired right now!

No it's fine. The exhausting fertility treatment refers to those couples who experience fertility problems. I am single and fertile and have adopted three times, I know other fertile couples and singles as well

I agree: it's fine. They will want to examine why you have chosen adoption - as they always do.

I am in an unmarried couple (though a same sex one) with a birth child and no fertility issues. Our adoption agency were very supportive of us and we adopted a beautiful baby girl There were a couple of fertile heterosexual couples on our prep course.

Thanks for your replies, that sounds positive :)

Yes, it's fine as long as you can explain coherently why you want to adopt rather than have another birth child.

I've posted on a couple of other threads recently about our experience of adopting with a birth child, so I won't repeat here, but feel free to PM me if you want to know any more