Hospitals: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Our Punkin was born on a rainy Memorial Day weekend at our local hospital. Giving birth is both a joyous and scary thing all rolled into one. Giving birth and knowing that you will be placing your child for adoption adds another layer of stress to the equation. We left for the hospital in a panic...
Creating a Successful Semi-Open Adoption
Adoption relationships can be difficult to create and maintain, for all members of the adoption triad. While it may be difficult, it is definitely possible. During your exploration of which adoption relationship is the best for you and your specific situation, you may find some aspects of the...
Married & Placing It is a common misconception that if you’re married, you’d have no need to explore placing your child with an adoptive family. But that simply isn’t the case. There are many reasons why a married person would consider adoption for his or her child. There are as many reasons as...
Perimenopause What is perimenopause? It is the time leading up to menopause (when you have not had your period for twelve months). During perimenopause, your body starts making less of certain hormones (estrogen and progesterone), and you begin to lose the ability to become pregnant. How long does...
Taking Care of Yourself While Sorting through Your Options November 14, 2011, 3:34 pm
Taking care of yourself is one of the most important things you can do, especially if you're pregnant--whether it's a planned or unplanned pregnancy. However, this may be difficult to do while you're sorting through your unplanned pregnancy options. The process of sorting through your options can...
No Clear Date October 31, 2011, 6:32 am
The adoption program from the country of Vietnam has been under the watchful eye of prospective adoption parents for awhile- many are waiting for its re-opening to occur. A notice was released in September (but posted on October 17, 2011) restating the past statistics of when Vietnam began the...
I-600 in the News October 14, 2011, 5:56 am
I am so happy to have another person blogging on Ethiopian adoption that is currently in the process of adopting from Ethiopia herself. Check out her blogs under Lindsay.
As I was researching for this particular blog, I came across some important information for those of you are in an adoption...