Hi everyone,
DH and I were talking recently about looking into adoption. We both said we could see ourselves doing it. I won't bore you all to death with my story, but we have 1 DS who is 5 and we are in our late 30's. We live in Surrey, quite close to London and work as contractors. We currently rent our home, but plan on buying in the next 2 years. My mum is going to move in with us in order to care for our DS when we are at work. School runs, this sort of thing.
We have a good income, and enjoy a nice life. I suppose I just think, we could share this. We are considering expanding our family, but after experiencing a difficult birth and traumatic PND... The whole thing has kind of lost its shine for me, doing it naturally that is. I am frightened of PND again and I am scared of birth again.
I have a lot of love to give. We all do. And I know DS would just make the best big brother.
So here I am. What is the process like and what does it entail? Will they only allow me to match with a child of my own heritage? (I am White British, would they discourage or make difficult a match with a mixed race child, for example?) Would they even consider our family, can people see anything in this above that would put them off us? (Renting, work full time self employed, mum helping out?)
I've already turned an intentionally short thread into a bit of a saga, so I'll leave it there 
thank you for any input you may have 