Category: Advice

My life is forever changed. Placing a child was the hardest things I've ever had to do. At the same time, I've gained so much in the process.

Annaleece Merrill October 7, 2018

Things That Are Different After Placing Your Child for Adoption

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Adoption bears heavy emotional implications for everyone involved, but it's especially overwhelming for the birth mother.

Annaleece Merrill April 28, 2018

4 Times Being a Birth Mother Was Too Overwhelming

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Unexpected pregnancy happens to a lot of women, including teens. If you're a pregnant teen, here are some things you should know that will help you through it.

Annaleece Merrill April 27, 2018

What I Want to Tell Teens Contemplating Adoption

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Trina Kraus April 26, 2018

7 Places That Help Birth Moms

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Derek Williams March 16, 2018

How To Place Your Child For Adoption

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I will start this by saying that if anyone ever thought that placing a child for adoption was the “easy way out,” they could not be more wrong. It is a road wrought with complex emotions. I have found four ways to deal with my birth mother grief that I think could be useful for anyone.

Samantha Alkire January 24, 2018

4 Ways To Deal With Birth Mother Grief

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Nineteen is not too young to be a mother. If you are just looking at years, it’s not. But if you were looking around me--at my life--it was. My life at the time of my unplanned pregnancy was why being a birth mother was right for me.

Penny Fleming January 21, 2018

Why Being A Birth Mother Was Right For Me

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In April of 2015, I gave birth to a son that I had made an adoption plan for and forever attached the label birth mom to a list of my descriptors. In the two and half years since his birth, I have changed so much as a person and have learned a few pieces of advice I’d like to share with all of you.

Samantha Alkire January 19, 2018

5 Pieces Of Advice For Every Birth Mom

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