All Things Adoption; Relinquishment, Search, Reunions, Books, News and Information
Lots of people know adoption stories, but they don’t know how to search for an adopted child or birth birthmother, or the rules of a good reunion, or what to watch out for when making and adoption plan. I have tried to provide as much information as possible broken down into categories so you can hopefully find the information you need, when you need it.
If you don’t see what you are looking for, let me know. There is a good chance I have an adoption post buried someplace in the Musings of the Lame archives as I have been writing this adoption blog since 2005 and they are NOT all categorized yet. It’s been a very long process! And then, if you need something that is not here, there is a good chance that someone else also could benefit from that adoption information, so please do tell me what can help improve the adoption information here!
Basic Adoption Information Categories
Information about Adoption Relinquishment
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and are considering becoming a birthmother and making an adoption plan there are some things you should know about first- as in BEFORE you contact an adoption agency!
How to Give Your Baby Up for Adoption
I sure wouldn’t advise anyone following this plan of action, but this is the whole story, from beginning to end, of how I became a birthmother. Let it serve as words of warning.
Adoption Searches
Searching for your Birthmother? Do you want to find your adopted child? What you need to know if adopted and searching for a birthparent, birth mother, siblings lost to adoption.
An Adoption Reunion Roadmap
Tips and considerations to help you prepare for the emotions of an adoption reunion. There is no such thing as too much planning for an adoption reunion. The time to start preparing for an adoption reunion is actually way before you start your actual adoption search.
Adoption Books
While everyone seems to love an adoption story; whether it be adoption horror stories or adoption reunion stories, adoption success stories or adoption stories gone wrong. Opinions, personal reviews and discussion on each adoption book is encouraged in the comments of each books post.
Adoption News
Adoption in the media, news coverage on adoption, and the adoption stories that make the headlines. Only adoption can produce such a range of human interest from the heartwarming reunion stories to the horrors of an adoption gone wrong.
Costs of Adoption
Google says 3600 people a month want to know “how much does adoption cost?” The monetary cost to adopt a child is easy; let’s look at the emotional costs of adoption to all affected.
Open Adoption Stories
It has been said that 95% of all adoptions finalized in the USA now are “open adoptions”. What does open really mean to everyone involved and, most importantly, how does it affect the adoptee? As the children who lived open adoptions are now reaching adulthood and speaking out, it is really important to hear what they have to say.
Websites for Adoption Information
Online information about adoption all in one place. There are many sources for adoption information online. You will find research and support groups and history and facts. More support, national organizations, worthy places to donate money to, place to volunteer time and effort, people to contact.
Adoption Language and Use of the Word “Birth Mother”
My choice to use the word “Birth mother” is based off a need to get this information out to as many people as I can and to do that, I use Search Engine Optimization. Language is important. SEO is a tool. I am geek. I talk about it a lot. Find out more here.
If you are looking to learn more about life as birth mother specifically, please find a whole category and sub-category broken up regarding birthmother issues. Likewise, adoptee rights, father’s rights, the adoption community and truth about adoption; facts, research, the industry and culture of adoption can be found in main menu headings. Just read it all.
And then, some posts will just be about adoption overall or generically about adoption.
To read all posts in the general “adoption” category, just click here.