A healthy pregnancy doesn’t include just going to your prenatal appointments with your doctor. It includes a lot of things, and a lot of effort is sometimes needed to get through it. It entails proper nutrition during pregnancy, adequate physical activity and making some simple lifestyle changes. Here are three things you should know if you are a birthmother looking at prenatal care. Continue reading
Selecting adoptive parents is a tough road. But before sorting through adoptive parent profiles, sit down and think about what matters most to you. What are your must haves? What are deal breakers? Is there anything you don’t want? Keep in mind you have the right to pick any set of adoptive parents based on any set of criteria, and Angel Adoption Inc is ready to guide you through the adoption process and to make it easier, we have created some questions to ask yourself when choosing adoptive parents. Continue reading
If your pregnancy wasn’t planned and you are thinking about adoption, chances are you have a lot on your mind. Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to make it easier for yourself. Choosing the best doctor is among the most important choices of all. Making the right decision, will make you feel much better about the care during your pregnancy. Here is what you should know before you start looking up the physicians in your area. Continue reading
Creating a plan for a birthmother is difficult when she is welcoming a baby into the world and also departing with a child at the simultaneously. This makes an adoption plan very important. The adoption plan will help put a timeline in place and outline the events that lead up to the actual birth. What are the communications that are necessary for a birthmother and adoptive parents? Here are some ideas for birthmothers when they are considering their own process. Continue reading
Those of you who are considering adoption must be overwhelmed with the process of researching and weighing different options. One of the most difficult decisions you will need to make, however, is the choice between open and closed adoption. They result in two very different situations for adoptive families. In order to help you decide, in this post we are going to talk about the rights each of them provide for the birthparents. In order words, what rights will you have if you choose open adoption as opposed to closed adoption? Continue reading
Social media is transforming all aspects of adoption. There are a lot of ways a birthmother can benefit from various forums, blogs, and pages about adoption. If you’re considering adoption as an option, you’re probably researching everything there is on this topic. Besides excellent books about adoption, you can find valuable information online. An adoption community is growing day by day, and stories shared by birthmothers who have been in the same position as you are now could become your inspiration, so take a look at the following social media pages and communities for adoption. Continue reading
Everyone involved in the adoption process benefits from adoption, but these benefits are unique to each party. Although it is difficult for a mother to give her child a new life with another family, birthmothers choose adoption because they know it will benefit them and their child in a long run. Today adoption is a widely considered option for women who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy because choosing adoption can also be beneficial for a birthmother. Take a look at a few of the benefits adoption offers birthmothers. Continue reading
The month of November celebrates the miracle of adoption for families all over the United States. Angel Adoption takes particular interest in celebrating our #AdoptiveFamilyBirthdays. A finalization of adoption represents a unique success story. There is a beginning to every extraordinary human that grows to achieve great societal contribution and accomplishment. Families that represent adoption have a “once upon a time,” just like biological families do. Continue reading
The world has changed drastically over the past decades in every possible way. The recent history of adoption in the United States can be traced to the 1850s with the first adoption law in Massachusetts describing adoption as a social and legal process based on child’s welfare rather than adult interests. Although this law may seem outdated, the essence of adoption is the same.
Adoption arrives at the ultimate family outcome, just like a birth does, and perhaps the best outcome for the child. Of course, adoption and natural birth aren’t identical. With or without the formalities of the legal adoption process, we see examples of the contemporary self-identification of families such as single parent families, cross-generational families, foster families, nuclear families, never-married families, blended families, grandparents-as-parent families, and same-sex parent families to list a few. We also see changes in how a family defines itself due to the circumstances that life can bring every day. It is fair to say that a standard definition of natural family is less than practical in today’s world, and protecting stigmas can even lead to a further burden on social services. Adoptive families are becoming the new nuclear, so if adoption is something you’re considering, here are some reasons you are probably a perfect #adoptiveparent candidate. Continue reading
An adoption is a joyous process that creates love and family, but with every adoption there is also heroic sacrifice involved. Even if a birthmother is sure about her decision to place her baby up for adoption, there is usually a grieving process for her. An adoption process often stays with a birthmother a long time emotionally due to the fact that there might be unanswered questions about what it may be like for her child after the adoption. For a birthmother, there can be feelings of grief, anger, and guilt that arrive after the placement. Even though her choice permits the child the very best life possible, and she knows it is the right choice, it is important to be familiar with the main impacts of adoption on birthmothers and learn how to move forward in a healthy way. Here are a few ways to cope in healthy ways after adoption. Continue reading
