This situation is for birth mom, A, who is making an adoption plan for her baby GIRL, born today, July 1, 2015. Her baby girl is Caucasian/Hispanic and weighed 6 lb 15.9 oz and measured 18 1/2″ with 7/9 apgar score. A is in Arizona and reports she has private insurance through her family. Baby […]
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Best wishes to our co-worker and friend Carlene. She will be leaving Act of Love on July 2nd. As sad as we are that she is leaving, we are happy for her new adventures. 12 years ago Carlene started with Act of Love as a birth mom coordinator. Carlene helped many birth parents with her
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I am an African female and my adoptive family is not. They are Caucasian. I would be remiss if I didn’t admit that our differences did not cross my mind when considering them as a potential adoptive family. I was raised in a household with an emphasis on respect, education, and culture. This is an
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Many states have unsealed their adoption records for adoptions as far back as the 1960’s. Utah is a state that has yet to pass laws concerning sealed adoption records. There are many adoptees that are asking the state to help them open their records. One adult adoptee says, “The state makes it hard. The laws
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The topic of adoption is rarely ever discussed today without the words “open adoption” also being discussed. Most adoptive parents who have adopted in the past 10 years and those who are looking to adopt will expect the birthparents to request some form of ongoing contact. Studies have concurred that open adoption is very beneficial
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Two women sat on a hospital bed holding on to each other with full hearts and happy faces. A beautiful baby girl had just been born minutes before and as the nurse tended to the baby’s vitals, birthmom and adoptive mom took the time to just be together and quietly share this precious event. Looking
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” This quote is, in reality, far from the truth. Words may even hurt more than sticks and stones because the damage is inflicted where the wounds may not heal as quickly. Words have their own special power and should be used with
Words that Affirm: Positive Adoption Language Read More »
A young couple sat in the waiting room of the hospital eagerly awaiting to visit a woman and her husband in the maternity ward. The young couple had been selected to be the parents by this man and woman to be their new baby girl’s parents. As this couple waited patiently their smiles did not
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As the birth mother, you’ll be the person deciding how open you want your adoption plan to be. Although adoptive parents are not obligated to share with you the status of your child, most adoptive parents are happy to share pictures and letters with you about how your child is doing.
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The power of words and the power of an experience are both unique and bring about many different emotions and experiences. As an adoptive mom of two beautiful children, I can look back on our family journey and remember the feelings of great joy, sadness, uneasiness, anticipation, excitement, insecurity and most of all the happiest
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