Birth Mother Blogs

March 29, 2010, 6:40 am

There was a time in my adoption journey when I couldn't stand to see birth parents presented as anything but perfect human beings. Movies, fictional books and news articles that played into stereotypes would wind me into a tizzy of epic proportions. I would rant for days on end about the injustice...

March 30, 2010, 2:52 pm

The article entitled More on International Adoption: Why U.S. Parents Go Abroad published in Newsweek earlier this month has had me thinking for awhile. I am a firm believer that every adoptive parent (and expectant mother considering placement, for that matter) needs to make the decision that is...

March 31, 2010, 6:54 am

I'm not always keen on documentaries. In fact, I'm not always keen on movies. I greatly prefer to lose myself in a book. I don't like to sit still for the amount of time watching a movie of any genre requires. A new documentary has me excited though and I do plan to watch it. Entitled Off and...

April 7, 2010, 6:18 am

I just got a new primary care physician. Or, rather, I just got my first non-specialist doctor since 1998. Other than birthing babies and having kidney disease, I haven't had a regular-Joe doctor in over a decade. As I have some new issues popping up, I needed to establish a primary care physician...

April 14, 2010, 11:55 am

I have to admit that the title of a post by a fellow blogger raised my hackles. The question posed was aimed at adoptive parents and asked, without hesitation, "What If Your Child Had Been Raised By His Birth Mother? " It took me a few days to read it but, eventually, I gathered my wits about me...

April 17, 2010, 6:35 am

I've been having some email conversations with a few wonderful birth mothers, all from various stages in their journey and from different eras of adoption. I needed to ask a few questions about birth parents and fear. 1. Something awful will happen to our child . As birth parents, we either...

April 21, 2010, 6:45 am

I am very excited that the second Open Adoption Book Tour will feature Lifegivers by James Gritter. If you've been a long-time reader of this blog, you know my passion for this book. In fact, you may have read my very long, very detailed series on the book. I'm so excited that other people are...

April 27, 2010, 6:03 am

I had the initial strong reaction to Jillian Michaels' comments about wanting to rescue a child via adoption. I had no issue with her desire to avoid pregnancy (though I can understand why some struggling with fertility issues balked at what came across as a casual remark but, as we later found...

May 7, 2010, 8:34 am

Mother's Day is on Sunday. For many different mothers, the day can be a difficult one. Even outside of adoption issues, various moms have emotional complications with the day. From death to custody battles to relationship woes, the day can be difficult for so many mothers! We know that within the...

May 27, 2010, 1:46 pm

I have been writing on the birth parent blog here at AdoptionBlogs since October 2006. In that time I have written about many issues facing birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees and expectant parents considering relinquishment. More over, during that time I have fought my way through therapy,...