{"id":16194,"date":"2020-12-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.mom.com\/momlife\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents"},"modified":"2024-09-25T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:31:33","slug":"considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents","title":{"rendered":"Considerations for Single, Unmarried, or LGBTQ Prospective Adoptive Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Andrea, a successful single woman from Maryland, was in her mid 30s when she made a decision. &ldquo;I wanted to be a mom, and I got to an age where I thought it wasn&rsquo;t going to happen in other ways,&rdquo; she told Mom.com. She looked into international adoption and also <a href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/whats-the-best-kind-of-adoption-for-your-family-open-or-closed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">domestic adoption<\/a>, but &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t think it was a good option given how expensive it is. I&rsquo;ve since learned that maybe wasn&rsquo;t true&hellip;.&rdquo; She instead looked into becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/momlife\/5-ways-to-support-adoption-and-foster-care-efforts-across-the-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">foster parent<\/a> and now, more than a decade later, she has a 12-year-old daughter she adopted from foster care and is in the process of trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/momlife\/13-things-to-consider-before-you-decide-to-adopt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopt a baby<\/a> through domestic adoption. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea, a successful single woman from Maryland, was in her mid 30s when she made a decision. &ldquo;I wanted to be a mom, and I got to an age where I thought it wasn&rsquo;t going to happen in other ways,&rdquo; she told Mom.com. She looked into international adoption and also domestic adoption, but &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":194515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,76],"tags":[572,2262,2263],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[],"series":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Considerations for Single, Unmarried, or LGBTQ Prospective Adoptive Parents<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What should prospective single and LGBTQ parents take into consideration when thinking about adopting a child.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Considerations for Single, Unmarried, or LGBTQ Prospective Adoptive Parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Know your rights before you begin your adoption journey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mom.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-01T14:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-25T17:31:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/single_parent_adopt_featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2176\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Considerations for Single, Unmarried, or LGBTQ Prospective Adoptive Parents\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Know your rights before you begin your adoption journey.\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Considerations for Single, Unmarried, or LGBTQ Prospective Adoptive Parents\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-01T14:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-25T17:31:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents\"},\"wordCount\":125,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mom.com\/getting-pregnant\/considerations-for-single-unmarried-or-lgbtq-prospective-adoptive-parents#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/single_parent_adopt_featured.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"adoption\",\"LGBTQ adoption\",\"single parent adoption\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Adoption &amp; 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