Posts tagged adoptive parents
What does it feel like to place your baby for adoption?
What does it feel like to place your baby for adoption?

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 More
Adoption StoriesOur Chosen Childadoption plan, adoptive parents, adoptive mother, adoption, adoptive families, baby, adoption story, birth mother, birth mother support
Adoption is a matter of the heart
Adoption is a matter of the heart

Adoptive 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 More
Birth Mother SupportOur Chosen Childadoption plan, adoptive father, adoptive mother, open adoption, semi-open adoption, birth mom, birth parents, birth mother counseling, birth mother support, adoptive parents, adoptive families
My girlfriend is pregnant, what now?
My girlfriend is pregnant, what now?

Finding 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 More
Fear & ExpectationsOur Chosen Childadoption plan, adoptive father, adoptive mother, open adoption, semi-open adoption, birth mom, birth parents, birth mother counseling, birth mother support, adoptive parents, adoptive families
There are never too many people to love a child
There are never too many people to love a child

I have worked with so many birth moms that knew they wanted to make an open adoption plan but were unsure exactly what that would look like. I have seen birth mothers and adoptive parents unsure of how things would work out yet stepped into this thing called open adoption with the best and most sincere intentions.

Read More
Open AdoptionOur Chosen ChildMy Choice AdoptionsMilton, Florida, birth parents, adoptive parents, birth mother, adoption, open adoption
Are you pregnant and afraid? We can help
Are you pregnant and afraid? We can help

Like many of the adoptive parents we work with, I suffered infertility and failed pregnancies before looking to adoption as a way to become a parent. After working with so many birth moms and adoptive parents, it’s clear to me that both sides are walking a similar path, yet coming from a different direction.

Read More
Fear & ExpectationsOur Chosen ChildMy Choice Adoptionsbirth mom, adoptive parents, adoption, adoption plan, relationships