Navigating your feelings: Understanding the emotional process of adoption
After you place your baby with another family, it’s normal to go through all the stages of grief with adoption. The emotional process of adoption can feel like you’re on a swing, moving from elation and relief to sadness and loss, and back again. These feelings may begin as soon as you realize you are pregnant,
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Learn how adoption can open new opportunities for pregnant women
When the pregnancy test turns up positive, and your initial reaction is shock and fear, try to remember to take a deep breath. It’s perfectly okay to not know what to do next. Many women feel lost and uncertain when they are pregnant but are not ready for a baby.
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Baby’s first birthday is a big milestone in the adoption journey
A baby’s first birthday is always a time for celebration. But when you’ve placed your baby for adoption with an adoptive family, you may find yourself with mixed feelings as the big day approaches: Happiness that your baby has been surrounded by love for their first year,
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Postpartum emotional support for birth mothers uplifts them on their journey
Moms facing an unplanned or unprepared pregnancy who choose adoption leave the hospital without the babies they gave birth to. Often, they grieve for their infants, even if they know they have made the best choice for their babies by placing them for adoption.
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Celebrating National Birth Mother’s Day
Virtually everyone knows about Mother’s Day, but many people have never heard of National Birth Mother’s Day. A group of Seattle moms, who had placed their children for adoption, started this recognition day in May 1990. It always falls on the day before Mother’s Day, which is the second Saturday of May.
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