My name is Hanna, I’m a birth mom, and this is my story. I hope that by sharing my story, others will see that adoption can be a wonderful thing! It’s beautiful and amazing and it truly is about a mother’s ultimate love for her child.
When we started to look at adoption as a way to build our family we sought out people we trusted. First, it was my friend who had just adopted her second child. She had been through the whole thing twice and I knew she could help Brad and I start this exciting journey the right way. She talked to us about the agency she went through. We felt comfortable with this agency and even more comfortable hearing her experiences so we began (this was in 1998). Not soon before we started the adoption process, an agency wide group was being formed to help support couples as they adopt.
I’m Jenn, the proud mother of 3 beautiful children- all adopted from foster care. We are not your traditional foster family. In fact, our situation is quite rare. We have ONLY had INFANT PLACEMENTS. We have adopted 75% of our placements. We share open relationships with our children’s biological parents. We are not the norm. However, just because we do not meet the general “statistic” does not mean we don’t have something to contribute to the world of adoption. We feel very strongly that every child deserves a home!!
Hi, I’m Mary. My life has been greatly blessed because of adoption and foster care. My husband and I adopted our daughter through a private agency when she was a newborn and we have welcomed six foster children into our home over the past six years. We hope to add more children into our family…
I’m Janessa. As a birth mother, I feel like I am constantly trying to overcome the stigma that comes along with it. Even those that know me well sometimes still have their own preconceived notions of what a birth mother usually is. Many think that I am just different than most birth moms, and the…
When Brad and I got married 16 years ago we never dreamed the adoption journey we would take to bring children to our family. We thought we would do what everyone does…..get pregnant and give birth. When our expectations weren’t what we wanted them to be we started to question life. I especially had a hard time with the diagnosis of infertility….it felt like a death sentence.
This last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a fund raising breakfast for the Utah Foster Care Foundation. I really had no idea what to expect, but let me tell you..it was a tear-JERKER! And, I have been anxious to tell you all about it. Pull up a seat. So, first off the guest…
Our family has survived devastating infertility news, a 42 day Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children snafu, a 16 month contested adoption court battle, an adoption scam, an unethical adoption agency and a failed adoption placement plan…and yet, I still love to write about adoption and the joy we have found through it all.
Ashley is the mother to 3 children, one of which she lovingly placed for adoption. She shares her experience of placing her child for adoption and how she supports fellow birth mothers. My name is Ashley Mitchell. I am the mother of 3 amazing children. A birth mom to a son, and a mother to…
Hello! My name is Camille and I am the adoptive mother of five beautiful children who are all biologically related via their birth mother. Mariel asked me to answer a few questions about how we keep an open dialogue with our children and how we answer questions about their adoption, birth parents, and how they came to be members of our family.
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