Posts tagged adoption plan
Be Open to Open Adoption
Be Open to Open Adoption

In 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!

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Open AdoptionOur Chosen Childopen adoption, adoptive families, adoptive mother, adoptive father, adoption plan, birth mom, birth mother, birth parents, birth family
Who can I speak with about placing my baby for adoption?
Who can I speak with about placing my baby for adoption?

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!

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Birth Mother SupportOur Chosen Childadoption, adoption plan, baby for adoption, open adoption, semi-open adoption, birth mother, birth mother support, birth mother counseling, Tallahassee Birth Mom Support, Tallahassee Adoption Agency, birth 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.

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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.

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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…

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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
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.

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