I believe you need to contact your local state council or whatever you guys call them.
please do adoption the official way and not through some back street website, hun.
try:-
adoption.org
adopting.org
adoptioncouncil.org
I don't know the validity of those sites.

Even call the hospital and ask to be put in touch with a reputable adoption agency.

Well, can a 18 year old (me) and a 16 year old (fiance) adopt or is there a certain age limit to adopt? I want to choose the gender and the age but I just don't know what I have to do. But I will look up the nearest adoption agency here.

I don't know about the age thing. he might be to young because of 18 being an adult. But I could be wrong. I had placed a child up for adoption at the age of 16 and I had to go through hundreds of letters to pick the parents. If you have to go through that process your age might be a deterant for some. If you don't mind me asking why are you thinking of adopting? Do you know already that you will be unable to conceive?

a 16-year old will not be allowed to adopt. 18 is an adult.

adoption is very expensive. i'm just guessing but i think it's somewhere around $20,000. most people take out a loan or a second mortgage to be able to adopt.

Randee, recently lost a baby due to trisomy 13.
it is unlikely but not impossible to have a non trisomy 13 pregnancy.
with genetic counselling it could be a possibility, but almost all natural conceptions after trisomy 13 result in trisomy 13 too.

thank you kia for the reply.

I am so sorry that you had to go through what you did. I hope that all will work out fo ryou one day. Don't give up hope all will work out for you and your fiance and the goal of having a child. Like I said I have never been through the adopting a child but I am a birth mother. If you ever want to talk or ask questions feel free to PM me anytime. Good luck to you your in my thoughts and prayers.