Your choices, your future: Understanding your adoption options

In the past, children placed for adoption often grew up with little to no information about their biological parents or birth stories. Today, modern adoption options ensure that adopted children grow up surrounded with support from all of the adults who love them, from day one. Our Texas adoption agency helps expecting parents make an adoption plan that not only ensures a safe and loving home for their baby, but also outlines exactly what role they will play in their child’s life.

Modern adoption options can be as unique as each individual parent

Decisions about their role in their baby’s life are entirely up to the expecting parents. When you choose to place a baby for adoption, our experienced counselors will help you explore all available adoption options, and will work with you to create an adoption plan that gives you peace of mind for your future.

Many expecting mothers tell us that they worry their child will feel abandoned by them if they are placed for adoption. If this is a concern for you, know that it doesn’t have to be that way. You will get the chance to make important decisions about your lifelong relationship with your baby and the family you choose to raise them.

• You will be able to review detailed information and videos about many potential adoptive families, and you will get the chance to meet them in person before you choose the ideal environment, opportunities and parents for your baby.
• If you choose to move forward with an adoption plan, you will receive the financial, medical and emotional support that you need throughout your pregnancy and birth, at no cost to you. This may include everything from maternity clothing to assistance with rent, utilities, phone bills and groceries. And of course, all of your obstetric visits and medical care will be fully covered. All based on a needs assessment and Texas guidelines.
• You will get to create a detailed hospital and birth plan, including who will be in the room with you during delivery, how much time you want to spend alone with your baby, and other important choices to help you have the delivery day you envision.
• Of course, last-minute adoption is an option, too. We have helped many mothers find loving homes for their babies after they have given birth. This is an especially compassionate and loving choice for women whose children would otherwise be placed into the foster care system.
• Under the Texas standards, you will wait 48 hours after the birth before you sign any legal documents to transfer custody of your baby to the adoptive parents. Though very few women change their minds, that option is always available to you, up to the moment the legal documents are signed.
• You will decide ahead of time how much contact you want to have with your child as he or she is growing up. Some moms choose to communicate with the adoptive parents and child by text or phone, while others are included in the child’s life with visits, exchanging letters and photographs, or sending gifts for birthdays and holidays.

All the decisions are in your hands as you make an adoption plan

Some pregnant women know early on that they will choose adoption, and some are certain that having a “no contact,” closed adoption is a decision they are comfortable with. However, the majority of women we work with do want to leave the door open to having a presence in their children’s lives. The decisions about adoption options are entirely up to you. Our trained counselors will listen to you and help you evaluate your feelings and goals, so that you can make an adoption plan that feels right for you.

If you are unexpectedly pregnant and considering your parenting or adoption options, we encourage you to reach out to the caring, professional team at our Texas adoption agency. We will connect you with a counselor who will never pressure you to choose adoption, but instead will give you all the information and time you need to explore all of the options available to you. Contact us today to start the conversation and get the unbiased advice and help you need.