Fertility treatments can be extremely frustrating, especially when they fail. Many times, with fertility treatments, you get your hopes up, hoping for the best, only to have those hopes dashed back to the ground with the onset of a period. In addition to the loss of hope, fertility treatments are not inexpensive; a cycle of In Vitro Fertilization, for example, can cost thousands of dollars, and is not guaranteed to work at all.

When fertility treatments have failed, adoption is often the next step that families consider. In fact, adoption agencies will sometimes even market themselves specifically to couples who have had fertility treatments, and claim to make it part of their process to help resolve infertility issues. While some adoption agencies may indeed try to address infertility issues, this is not always the case.

For some couples, adoption after failed fertility treatments is a great option. It allows the couple to have a child of their own, to love and care for and do all of the things that they would likely do with their own biological child. If a couple is able to accept their own fertility issues, and not look on adoption as a “last resort,” it is a good choice. However, there is always the possibility that, especially if a couple has had failed infertility treatments for a long time, that the adopted child will indeed seem as a last resort, and that the child might even be made to feel as though he is second-best.

Some couples who have had failed infertility treatments do look to adoption, and then find out later on that they are able to conceive a child. Here again, there is always a risk that the biological child will somehow be favored over the adopted child. Here is where couples have to be able to make certain that they, and their children, understand that the adopted child is just as much a part of the family as the biological child, and that the parents are parents to both, equally.

Ultimately, whether or not you are willing to consider adoption as your next step after failed infertility treatments is up to you. By preparing for the issues that can arise, however, there is generally no reason that you can’t consider adoption.

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