Category: Blogs Pregnancy

I am a birth mother. I placed my little girl for adoption when I was 15 years old. This was not my first encounter with adoption, though. When I was a 10 years old, my mom was suddenly facing an unplanned pregnancy as a divorced, single mom of 5 children. My mom is a birth […]

I have a two year old daughter and a three month old son. I am also a birth mom to a beautiful 5 year old girl. Because I have an open adoption it is just kind of normal for us to hang out with my birth daughter and her family a few times a year. […]

Alysia Foote Is open adoption good or bad? The open adoption experience is different for everyone. Though painful, birthmother Alysia Foote stands tall in her placement and feels she did what was for the best for her baby. She writes about the importance of birthmother support and how comforting it has been to lean on […]

I have always felt a call to be a mother. I looked forward to the role even as a child watching family friends nurse their babies. I saw their bond and knew I wanted that one day. I was older when my brother and sister came along. I treasured getting to rock them, make them […]

When I had a miscarriage 2 years into my marriage and needed a D & E at 12 weeks along, I was heartbroken. Although it wouldn’t have been the best timing for us as I was finishing my last year of college, I bonded with my new little beings (twins) from the moment 2 lines […]

Birthmother’s Day is celebrated the Saturday before Mother’s Day, symbolizing the order of the maternal relationships in adoption. Created by a group of birth mothers in Seattle, Washington in 1990, it provides a day of observance and reflection. While mothers are publicly recognized through the year and celebrated on Mother’s Day, for most birthmothers, their […]