Adoption Process

Hopeful adoptive parents and prospective birth parents often face very different challenges, emotions and decisions. One thing many have in common is wondering how the process works.

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Featured Articles

Your Adoption Wait Time [Behind the Scenes]

2021-09-15GMT-0500Are you an adoptive family still waiting to be matched with a pregnant mother? Use this waiting time to prepare yourself and your home for a new child.

Honoring NICU Awareness Month in the Adoption Community

2021-09-01GMT-0500As an adoptive parent, you may have to spend time with your new baby in the NICU. Here's why your baby may be in the NICU and what you can do during that time.

How to Tell Someone You’re a Birth Parent [7 Helpful Tips]

2021-07-15GMT-0500How do you find the strength and courage to share your identity as a birth parent, and tell someone that you placed a child for adoption? As a birth parent, you know that you’re brave and selfless for placing your child for adoption. You should never be ashamed to tell someone that you’re a birth […]

3 Things Prospective Birth Moms Want to Know About Adoptive Couples

2021-06-15GMT-0500Waiting adoptive couples often wondering what birth parents look for in the people that could potentially raise their child. This guide breaks down 3 things that birth mothers like to see in hopeful adoptive parents.

Thoughts From a Birthmother

Why I Would Choose an Open Adoption Plan [Advice from a Birth Mom]

2021-05-15GMT-0500Laura is a wife, mom, and birth mom. She shares her story to inspire and educate anyone touched by adoption.

Adoptive Parents: Near or Far? — Thoughts from a Birth Mother

2019-11-29GMT-0500A prospective birth mother can choose a waiting family in her state or an adoptive family who lives out of state, depending on where she wants her baby to grow up. Birth mother Lindsay discusses the pros and cons of each option.

How to Know Adoptive Parents are “The Ones” — Thoughts from a Birth Mother

2019-11-15GMT-0500Fairy tales can come true for any prospective birth mother looking for the perfect adoptive family — for her child and for herself. Learn how to find your perfect adoptive family match here.

Adoptions in Each State


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