We at My Choice Adoptions try to do things a little differently than most other adoption professionals. So, here is what to expect when you choose to partner with My Choice Adoptions on your journey of making an adoption plan for your child and placing your child for adoption.
Read MoreIn the process of adoption, it’s easy to feel powerless. In fact, you probably should…because you are.
Your timeline, your future plans, your finances, your heart—including your potential future child—are all on the line. All the details are out of your control, and nothing is guaranteed. Even though this is the case for all of life, us hopeful adoptive parents certainly get a heightened dose of awareness of this fact. It is by far the most difficult process of surrender I’ve ever experienced, and I don’t think it’s just because I’m a bit of a control-freak!
I started looking for an adoption agency and all I knew was that I wanted someone to make me feel like I was an important part of this, I wasn’t just a statistic of teen pregnancy, that I was more than that... because that’s how I felt about myself, and I was not going to let a baby, one of the most beautiful parts of womanhood, to ruin that. I wanted to create an adoption my way, since after all this was my pregnancy.
Read MoreAdoptive parents come from a road of infertility, pregnancy loss, and a series of other circumstances that have lead them to adoption as a way to grow their families. Birth parents walk a similar road of hurt and loss, but it comes from another direction. When an adoption plan is created for an unborn child, these two sides meet in the middle and things often come together like two puzzle pieces.
Read MoreFinding out that your girlfriend is pregnant is certainly a scary and confusing time. So many questions cross your mind and fear of the unknown takes over your thoughts. Who do we call? There are so many ways to go, yet so much uncertainty in how to respond to this situation. Here are some things you should know…
Read MoreSo many women ask us about open adoption when they contact us. There really is so much to be said regarding openness in an adoption. I will share with you some of my experiences after working with hundreds of birth mothers and adoptive parents.
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