Choosing a Family and Finding Strength
Barricading Herself in a Hotel Room Two weeks after her positive pregnancy test, Josephine barricaded herself in a hotel room to call an adoption agency. "I put the lock on…
“Navigating Adoption: A Guide to Finding the Perfect Family for Your Child”
We're here to support you in finding the perfect adoptive family for your child. Here's a guide to lead you through the process: Step 1: Application Form Fill out the…
The Birth Mother’s Journey Ends Too Soon
"Adoption wasn't the first option I thought of," Ellie* looked up from inspecting her long, beautifully kept fingernails. She smiled slightly, her makeup less polished than in days past. Having…
Terrifying Moments Turn Into Beauty
“I was terrified many times,”Rachel, a birth mother, laughed quietly as she recounted the terrifying moments she faced over the past year. “Don’t stop because of your fear. It may…
Qualities to Look for in Potential Adoptive Parents
When evaluating potential adoptive parents for an open adoption, there are several qualities and characteristics you should look for. These qualities can indicate potential parent's suitability to provide a loving…
Four Warning Signs You Won’t Have Connection at Christmas
Many birth mothers want an open adoption. They want Christmas contact as well as other contacts during the year. If you have decided you want an open adoption, please continue…
Six Adoption Fallacies–Birth Mothers Need to Understand
Fallacy Number One: Adoption means I don’t love my baby. Reality: The “unloved” child is such a flawed fallacy. Our experience with hundreds of women at Heart to Heart Adoptions…
Give Up Your Baby–No! Place Your Child.
You may have reasons to have considered “giving up your baby.” We HATE the phrase, “giving up your baby.” Giving up sounds like defeat. Giving up a baby sounds like…
Add the Option of an Open Adoption to the Road You Travel
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. Those are the first two lines in "The Road Not Taken," a well-known poem by Robert…
Adoptive Family Loses Baby—What About Bitterness?
On day five, the birth mother "revoked." Leah and Nate had held the child, comforted the baby, fed the baby, and then carefully dressed the infant for the cold weather…