The degree of openness in your adoption depends on what both the adoptive parents and birth parents are comfortable with. When adoptees grow older, they will also have a say in how open they want their relationship with their birth parents to be. Contact through open adoption can involve calls, letters, emails, or even visits. …Read More about The Benefits of Open Adoption
The decision to place a child for adoption is one of the most difficult choices any birth mother has to make. While you may be torn between your options, the decision should always revolve around what’s best for your child. A common question that would reach a birth mother’s mind is: “Will I regret this?” …Read More about Will You Regret Placing Your Child for Adoption?
November is National Adoption Month! It’s a great time to spread awareness about adoption and how it can help create families. However, it’s also a great time to offer love and support to those who are familiar with the adoption process. There are many ways to support birth mothers, adoptive families, and adoptees this National …Read More about National Adoption Month: Ways to Support Birth Mothers,…
According to the Chicago Tribune, a second newborn in five months was found in an Indiana fire station’s baby box. Under Indiana’s Safe Haven Law, newborns can be left at hospitals, fire stations, or police stations without the birth parent being prosecuted. Indiana Department of Child Services takes the baby into custody through Child Protective …Read More about Indiana Fire Station Finds a 2nd Newborn Baby…
Meet Kelly Clemente: Her story is an inspiration that shows birth mothers are just everyday women who had to make a tough decision. Placing a child for adoption is an extremely difficult decision for a birth mother to make and she may experience self-doubt, fear, and emotional breakdown in her adoption journey. However, it’s important …Read More about The Emotional Journey of a Birth Mother
For anyone wanting to adopt a child, you must go through an intensive screening process in order to be approved, as adoption agencies and centers need to ensure that they are being placed into a loving home. However, do birth mothers need to go through a similar screening process? If you are considering placing your …Read More about What You Should Know Before Placing a Child…
If you are a birth mother that placed or is considering placing your child for adoption, these heartfelt blogs and podcasts offer some great resources to help you in your journey, and raise awareness of the tremendous support that the adoption community provides for birth mothers. Blogs BirthMom Buds This is the blog of a …Read More about 6 Heartfelt Podcasts and Blogs for Birth Mothers
National Adoption Awareness Month is here! It’s a month-long event to encourage people to learn about adoption, recognize people who have been impacted by adoption, and organize positive adoption-related events. There are many ways you and your family can learn and participate this year! Here are nine ways you can celebrate National Adoption Month: Retell …Read More about 9 Ways to Celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month
If you know an expectant birth mother who is considering adoption, it’s important to support her decision through this difficult process. There are likely many reasons why she decided to place her child into a new home, but what she needs right now is your acceptance of her decision, as well as your support throughout …Read More about How to Support Expectant Birth Mothers Considering Adoption
When considering growing your family through adoption, it is important to know that there are different routes available and to determine which is right for you. Two different opportunities for hopeful adoptive parents include fostering to adopt (public adoption) and independent voluntary placement (private adoption). While both are wonderful ways to grow a family, there …Read More about Public vs. Private Adoption
Placing a child for adoption can be a difficult choice. As a birth mother, you may experience self-doubt or even fear when deciding to choose adoption, but it’s important to be certain that you’re doing it for the right reasons. It’s a life-long decision for you and your child. Though it may be difficult to ignore …Read More about Why Birth Mothers Choose Adoption
The adoption process can be a difficult choice to make and sometimes a confusing road to navigate. At Adoption Planners, we try to make things easier for birth mothers by providing them with 24/7 access to an experienced case worker or birth mother advocate. If you are a birth mother who is considering adoption or …Read More about Case Workers: The Role of Birth Mother Advocates…