Planning for adoption
Planning for adoption
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The Emotional Process of Adoption
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…
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Adoption Can Open New Opportunities
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…
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Baby’s First Birthday
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…
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Postpartum Emotional Support For Birth Mothers
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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Myths About Placing a Baby for Adoption
Myths about placing a baby for adoption When you have an unplanned pregnancy, you probably feel overwhelmed and stressed. You may wonder where to turn or what to do. At our Texas adoption agency, we can help you talk about your options in a pressure-free, caring environment. Our team understands that you may have heard…
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Celebrating National Birth Mother’s Day
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…
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Self-Care After You Adopt a Child
Self-care after you adopt a child “Parents, put your own mask on first, then help your child.” Flight attendants’ instructions for parents apply to you, too, when you adopt a child. In other words, don’t forget to take care of yourself. At our Texas adoption agency, our counselors encourage self-care after you adopt a child.…
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Sharing the Love in Adoption
Sharing the Love in Adoption At our Texas adoption agency, our mission is connecting unexpectedly pregnant parents with parents who dream of raising and loving a child. Every adoption involves three parties: the adoptive parents, the expectant parents and the adopted child. This triad becomes part of the life journey that begins with modern adoption.…
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Resolve to Give Yourself Grace During Adoption
If you’re an adoptive parent or unexpectedly pregnant, resolve to give yourself grace Our Texas adoption agency is a faith-based modern adoption agency. We believe in grace and unconditional love for adoptive parents and those who are unexpectedly pregnant. Like any momentous journey, adoption is filled with both complicated emotions. As a result, being kind…
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Holiday Traditions in an Open Adoption
Making holiday traditions in an open adoption At our Texas adoption agency, we believe in the modern adoption process. In a modern adoption, birth parents and adoptive parents decide how much, if any, contact should occur between the child and the birth parents. For some people, this means phone calls. For others, it means sharing…
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The Beauty of Adoption
Celebrating the beauty of adoption during National Adoption Month At our Texas adoption agency, we are celebrating the beauty of adoption this National Adoption Month. Every November since 1984, people around the country have held different events to raise awareness about adoption. This month gives agencies, individuals, families and communities the opportunity to shine a…
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Positive Adoption Language
Celebrating adoption by using positive adoption language In the 1600s, pastor George Herbert said, “Good words are worth much and cost little.” His sentiment is still true today. When people use positive adoption language, they encourage others, fight stigma and educate all who hear their words. Our Texas adoption agency believes in celebrating adoption with…