I hope you never have to go through the adoption process as you obviously have no idea of the logistics or cost involved. Fr one thing last year in Victoria a grand total of 14 children were placed up for adoption. If you wish to go overseas at present the current wait time is on average five years. During that five years you are waiting you CANNOT be undergoing any form of assisted conception, so what do you for that five years? twiddle your thumbs? (stupid stupid policy IMHO). Also the minimum cost to adopt a child is in the ballpark of at least $30,000 and that does not include the airfares and visas etc required to go to said country yada yada yada......

Also if you have ever in your life suffered from depression, have a chronic condition such as asthma, diabetes, arthritis, anything that makes you less than "perfect" forget it because although they are not supposed to be able to discriminate on the basis of health, the reality is that there are so few children availabel to adopt and so many people wanting to adopt that thee officials can be very very picky about who actually gets a child at the end of the day.

Personally i think having to twiddle my thumbs for five years doing absolutely nothing and having no child during that time, forking out an astronomical amount of money with no guarantee of a child at the end of it woukd be far more soul destroying than taking the more proactive approach of IVF. At least with IVF I am doing something and each test and/or cycle even if it fails brings us closer to understanding the reasons behind my infertility and closer to my goal of holding my own flesh and blood in my arms some day soon.