Domestic adoptions
Domestic adoptions
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November is National Adoption Month
Legacy helps spread awareness and information during National Adoption Month Each November, foster care and adoption advocates around the country unite for National Adoption Month. For the past 19 years, families, public agencies and private organizations have spent the month hosting events, spreading information, recruiting new parents and raising funds, all to promote the importance…
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Writing Your Adoption Hospital Plan
Legacy Adoption Services offers tips to help you create your adoption hospital plan As it draws nearer, many expectant moms start to worry about their delivery and hospital stay. Will they have the privacy they need? How much time will they get with their baby? What will the adoptive parents be like? Creating a hospital…
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Answering Pregnancy and Adoption Questions
“What should I say?” A guide to answering pregnancy and adoption questions Expectant parents often worry about what to say when answering pregnancy and adoption questions from people in their community. What about when their mom’s friend wants to get the baby a gift? Or their boss asks about a name? How should they explain…
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A Big Brother’s Surprise From Parents Gunnar and Brooke
Blake thought he was getting a new game room. What he found instead brought him even greater joy In 2010, Brooke was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a serious and chronic heart condition that can make pregnancy incredibly dangerous. The news shocked her, and not only because she was young and healthy. It was the timing that…
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Tips for the Birth and Adoptive Parent Relationship
Navigating the birth and adoptive parent relationship can be tricky. Legacy offers advice When you choose the parents for your child, you are entering a lifelong bond. An act of selfless love starts the birth and adoptive parent relationship. Our Texas adoption agency has seen beautiful friendships grow as a result. The birth and adoptive…
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Adoption and Forgiveness – Will My Child Forgive Me for Placing Them for Adoption?
Adoption and forgiveness – There is nothing to forgive about the loving choice of adoption “Will my child forgive me for placing them for adoption?” is one of the most common questions our Texas adoption agency receives from expectant parents. Worrying about adoption and forgiveness is normal. This concern is grounded in care for their…
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The Evolution of Modern Adoption in Texas
Adoption in Texas through Legacy is transparent, fair and filled with grace Around 135,000 children are adopted each year in the United States. 95% of those adoptions are open, meaning the expectant mother chooses who will parent her child. Nearly all modern adoptions involve ongoing contact between the birth and adoptive families. This wasn’t always…
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Talking to Your Baby’s Father About Adoption
Have questions about talking to your baby’s father about adoption? Legacy can help It is common to experience anxiety around talking to your baby’s father about adoption plans. While many partners are involved and helpful, this is not always the case. It is normal to fear that the child’s father will be angry, unsupportive or…
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Selecting A Family
If you are considering adoption as your parenting option, your next step will be to choose a family. For most mothers, this is the most exciting step. Every agency will have a different process of how a birth mother selects a family, but at Legacy the choice is 100% the birth mother’s. You and your…
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Autumn’s Story of Blessings
The beautiful adoption story of birth mother, Autumn. “What lead me to adoption was probably first just being a young mom. I wasn’t financially nor emotionally ready for a baby. I also didn’t want to have a negative relationship with my child. I was in the same boat as my mom and we have a…