Navigating the path of private adoption in the United States can feel overwhelming, especially when facing an unplanned pregnancy. The decision to place your child for adoption is profoundly personal and often misunderstood. Parenting seems more straightforward; however, adoption is a complex journey. Here’s what we know about it, and what you might experience if you think it’s the right … Read More
New Year’s Resolutions For a Birthmom
It’s a new day, and a new year for everyone to look forward to. However, the change of the calendar may bring different emotions for all the birthmothers who placed their children for adoption in 2017. If this is your first New Year or holiday as a birthmother, we know the celebration is much different for you than it is … Read More
I Did An Adoption And Never Told My Family
The story of a birthmother is one we don’t often hear. It’s likely because being a birthmother is scary, stressful, and put under an unfair stigma for women who choose this path. When a mother is making possibly the hardest decision that will ever be asked of her, she is told to keep quiet and face it all on her … Read More
Ways You Can Support an Expectant Birthmother
Choosing adoption is one of the hardest decisions a woman could ever be asked to make. This decision requires selflessness, sacrifice, and great responsibilities. If you know a woman planning to her child for adoption, your support is essential. Many women fear the social repercussions of adoption. Birthmothers are often stigmatized for their decision without having the chance to tell … Read More
Financial Planning for Pregnancy
An unplanned pregnancy comes with all sorts of unfamiliar territory. You’re feeling emotions you’ve never experienced, and facing some of the hardest decisions you’ll have to make in your lifetime. Plus, you have to make the practical decisions – how to support yourself during pregnancy, how to continue working if you need to, and how to make sure your baby … Read More
Birthmother Grief During the Holidays
For most people, fall time is a time to celebrate. It’s a time to be with family, to share in the joys and successes of the past year, and give thanks for all you’ve been given. But the holidays aren’t like this for everyone. For some of us, the holidays are a time of grief. Your first holiday season … Read More
One Child’s Story of Open Adoption
Fifteen years ago a mother gave birth to two boys. Mom’s life was in shambles; she was on drugs, in an abusive situation, wasn’t able to hold a job, and had an unclean place to live. Her significant other was also an addict and wasn’t keeping a job for long. Their relationship was tumultuous and no place for two sweet … Read More
A Family Member Wants to Adopt My Baby. Is It a Good Idea?
You’ve told everyone the news. You’re pregnant and have no idea what to do next. You’re doing your best to process the emotions, but there are all these unanswered questions… “Should I keep my baby and try to raise him or her?” “Will my friends and family actually support me long-term or are they just being nice?” “What if I … Read More
No Support For My Adoption Decision
Jenna found out that she’s pregnant and after much consideration, has decided to place her baby for adoption. She feels that she isn’t financially suitable to raise a child and she doesn’t feel ready to raise a baby on her own. She works most days as it is and knows she can’t raise her child as well as someone else … Read More
What Is Open Adoption?
According to Creating A Family (www.creatingafamily.org), closed domestic adoptions only make up 5% of adoptions that take place. 40% of adoptions are mediated and 55% of those adoptions are open. The percentage of adoption agencies that offer open adoption has also increased to 95%. It seems as if secrecy is becoming a thing of the past in regards to adoption. … Read More