You are planning to spend the rest of your life with this child. That is a great responsibility. Whether an adoption is open, closed, or some blend of the two will depend on what you want, what the birthparents want, what your state allows, and what agency you select. Some states require an adoption to be open while others will give you a choice. The same with agencies.
Some agencies conduct only open adoptions.
Other agencies will custom-design the arrangements so that they are completely in accordance with your wishes and beliefs and the laws of the states involved. Let s say you are working with a licensed agency in your state of residence and the agency matches you with a child born at the other end of the state. Since, in both these examples, you and the birthmother live in the same state, these will both be an intrastate adoption. Let s say you live in Pennsylvania and you have placed an ad in several eastern U.S. newspapers or on the Internet. A pregnant woman in New York sees your ad and calls and offers to let you adopt her child.