Brand new here, will these things be an issue?

[Malzzy]

Hello! I'm a long time lurker, but just joined. A bit of a back story: I've been diagnosed with unexplained secondary infertility (my daughter is 4), we'd been trying to conceive a second child for almost 3 years. I was due to have a HSG before lockdown but they weren't hopeful they'd be able to find anything 'wrong' or at least if they did it wouldn't be fixable without surgery, and to be honest, I wouldn't want any surgery. Sorry for rambling, but the long and the short of it is, we don't feel like our family is complete and have started to think about the possiblilty of adoption in the future. It's obviously not something we'll rush, but before we set our mind, I'd like to ask if any of the following things might be a potential problem when applying?
My husband works at sea, and is away for 4 weeks at a time, and is then home for 4 weeks. It works for us as a family but it's all we've ever known. We have a big extended family around us, and actually find that my husband spends more family time with us than if he had the usual 9-5 job, as he's home for 28 days straight. I'm worried that it might seem like a lack of consitency to an agency though?
The second is, I have in the past been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, it's something I have dealt with, and am not on any medication. It's never effected my ability to parent or care for my daughter and I don't see it as an issue, but would an adoption agency?
Sorry this is a long post, just trying to get my head around a few things, and we don't want to set our minds to anything if my husbands working pattern and my past anxiety issues would be a problem!

People adopt in the armed forces so a set shift pattern shouldn't be a barrier, start speaking to some adoption agencies and speak to your local council who can advise. Best wishes

Mental health issues won’t be a problem - it’s very rare for someone to come to adoption via infertility and not have had mental health difficulties. As long as you know the triggers, and have supports in place you should be fine.

I know people whose partners work similar shift patterns and it's fine. I also have a diagnosis of GAD and we were fine. Doubts over my ability to cope were given as the reason our first link fell through but the reality is we all knew the link wasn't going to happen before they'd even sat down everything was that awkward.

Thankyou everyone, this has set my mind at ease a lot. I was worried about starting to think about this too much only to find we weren't suited and those were the two things I thought would be the biggest barriers, so that's good :)

Just wanted to reiterate what others have said for more reassurance for you. Your husband working at sea shouldn’t be a problem as even when he is away you appear to have a big support network which is always a bonus and agencies love that. I wouldn’t be worried about your past anxiety. Agencies expect most people to have experienced some form of depression/anxiety. It’s so common these days. I had both and went onto adopt. Just be open and honest and be prepared to discuss it with the agency. Things like how you overcame it, what triggered it, how will you recognise it if it happened again, who could you turn to, would you ask for help, how may adoption affect you? But honestly, don’t worry. It shouldn’t be a problem. All the best

I'm not sure if this will help you, but in the past, approximately 12 years ago now, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I had an eating disorder and also self harmed, I am on medication and we have just adopted 2 little girls with no concerns ☺️

Thanks everyone :) we are taking this really slowly. Still not feeling quite ready to draw a line under things as they are now, but it's good to know that the obstacles that I thought might stand in our way are not too big a deal, it opens it up as something to talk about as a couple, moving forward.