Category: Birth Parents

Social has had a profound and powerful impact on adoption relationships over the years.  Today, social media offers birth parents and adoptive families an easily accessible avenue for sharing information. Today, you can receive real-time updates from your child’s adoptive ... READ MORE

Are you considering adoption for your baby?  Adoption is one of the most loving decisions you can make for your child.  It is also one of the hardest decisions you will ever have to make.  At Adoptions With Love, we ... READ MORE

Facing an unplanned pregnancy is one of the most difficult and confusing times of any expectant parent's life, especially when it happens at a young age.  Perhaps that is why you are reading this. You may be here because you ... READ MORE

  In light of National Adoption Month, one birth mother contemplates the day her son will come to her and ask about his adoption story.  She wonders how she will stir up the strength to explain to him her choice.  ... READ MORE

Becoming pregnant as a teenager or young woman, no matter your age, can be overwhelming – especially if you were not planning for it.  Maybe you had other plans– to finish high school or to go to college, to get ... READ MORE

November is often thought of as a time of thanks. It is a time in which many of us take a step back and consider all that we are grateful for in life – friendships, family, the warmth of a ... READ MORE

It was fall of 2015 when Carlie, a sophomore in high school at the time, realized something was off. She had been feeling sick, gaining weight, and was unsure of the cause. She thought, maybe it is her birth control. ... READ MORE

Pregnancy and parenthood are the leading reasons why young women drop out of school each year.  According to the U.S. Department of Education, one-third of young women who leave school do so in order to become a parent and take ... READ MORE

Discovering you are pregnant at a young age can be overwhelming.  You want all of the help and support you can get, but may not know where to start or who to talk to first.  You may feel like you ... READ MORE

You recently discovered you are pregnant.  As a teenager, you likely have a thousand questions running through your head:  Am I ready for this responsibility?  Do I want to be a mother right now? How will I tell my parents? ... READ MORE