by Birth Mothers Choice | Oct 13, 2017 | Adoption
So you’ve made the decision to place your baby for adoption. The next step is to work with an agency (like Birthmother’s Choice) to choose the adoptive parents. You want to be sure that you choose a family you are comfortable with to raise your child so it’s important...
by Birth Mothers Choice | Oct 6, 2017 | Adoption
Deciding whether or not to place your baby for adoption is never an easy choice. It can bring added stress to the already stressful situation of discovering you are pregnant. Stress can affect your body, health, and behavior in multiple ways. It can lead to issues of...
by Birth Mothers Choice | Sep 29, 2017 | Adoption
The open adoption process is both a blessing in disguise and one of the hardest parts of the birth mother’s journey. Many mothers don’t know this is an option at first, and it leaves them torn on what to do. Open adoptions are typically more healthy for the...
by Birth Mothers Choice | Sep 22, 2017 | Adoption
Julie knew her daughter would call someone else Mom when she made her adoption plan. But what she knew and what became reality the day she actually heard it happen were two different things. “I honestly felt a little like my heart was torn out,” she said of that day...
by Birth Mothers Choice | Sep 15, 2017 | Adoption
Janie’s mother realized a few months after she was born that she wasn’t ready to be a parent after all. Janie went into foster care before she was adopted around her first birthday. It was a closed adoption so that was all she knew about her birth mother. At 17,...
