We understand that the decision to place your child for adoption can be made at different times depending on your particular situation. Whether you are currently pregnant, at the hospital to deliver your baby, or already home struggling to parent an infant or toddler, adoption is always an option that’s open to you.
Read MoreWe 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!
When a woman calls our office inquiring about placing her child for adoption, it seems every story they share is different. Each woman seems to have a different idea about what kind of family they seek for their child, how much they want to be involved with the adoptive family and even how she sees the relationship developing in the future. Each birth mother approaches her plan to place her child for adoption in different ways. Our goal on the other end of the phone, is for a mom to feel listened to, validated and never judged. We are not here to judge, and we make that very clear to any mom we speak with. We do not know what is right for a birth mother and we would never pretend we do!
Read MoreI 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 MoreI 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 MoreRecently in speaking to birth mother C, she made a statement that really stuck with me. She said, “Marilu, I just want to be heard. I am really specific about my adoption plan and I want everyone involved to really listen to me.”
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