Recent Adoption Blog | Birthparents Posts"If I had a Baby, I Would Keep It"by Pam Connell26 Jun 2008 07:21 PMDiscussions with eight-year-old Meg seem to be coming thick and fast lately. Meg came into the room while I was watching an early episode (I think the first) of the recent PBS documentary Carrier. Stages of Birthparents' Thinking About Adoptionby Pam Connell30 Dec 2007 11:57 PMMy last two blogs have been based on Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg's work in their book, Inside Transracial Adoption. I have tried to briefly summarize their explanation of common stages gone through by adoptees and adoptive parents. Talking About Tough Questionsby Pam Connell25 Aug 2007 02:46 PMAdoption, under the best possible circumstances, involves loss. Few birthparents deliberately plan to have a child they will have to let someone else parent. "She Just Abandoned Me!"by Pam Connell24 Jun 2007 07:07 PM"How could she just abandon her child like that?" "How can I tell my child she was abandoned?" "How can I ever speak positively of my son's birthmother when it breaks my heart to think of my son being left alone?" "I was abandoned when I was two months old. 11 Things Some Adoptive Parents Would Like Birth Family by State Adoption to Knowby Melissa J30 Nov 2006 04:50 AMBelow is a list of things that some parents by adoption, as well as I have come up with and wish for our children's birth parents and birth family to know: I love my children no differently than I would if I'd given birth to them myself. Birth Parents Love Their Kidsby Melissa J22 Aug 2006 06:28 PMYes, I have over generalized the title. I'm sure there are birth parents out there that do not feel love for their children. As you read bulletins of waiting children you may be left wondering if many of these parents really cared about their kids. Putative Father's Registry--Biological Father's Rightsby Anna Glendenning19 Jun 2006 10:38 PMDuring the past 40 years the number of children born to unmarried parents has grown dramatically. Birth Parents (Part 7) Healingby Anna Glendenning15 Mar 2006 10:22 AMBirthparents will never forget the baby they placed for adoption. Forgetting isn't the goal but it's important for birth mothers and birth fathers to adapt to the new circumstances and come to terms with any regret. Birth Parents (Part 5) Identity Issuesby Anna Glendenning12 Mar 2006 12:59 AMPlacing a baby for adoption can cause personal identity issues for some birthparents. Birth Parents (Part 4) Shame and Guiltby Anna Glendenning10 Mar 2006 08:25 PMExpecting mothers and fathers, experiencing the difficulty and emotional stress of an unplanned pregnancy often face deep feelings of shame for being in the situation in the first place. Recent Blog Comments Pam Connell says... "Thanks for sharing this experience." In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption centraloregonmom says... "Thank you!" In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption |
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