Expectant and Birthparent Support

Birthparent Support
 
Once you find you're pregnant, there are no easy choices--Whether choosing to parent or place for adoption. Each has it's challenges & rewards, joys & pain. Here's some places to find help, friends and support!

Nurture Birthmoms

Courtney's Corner  *Crisis Pregnancy*

A Mother's Soul

E-mail Therapy-Patricia Roles, MSW, Published books such as 'Saying Goodbye to a Baby' and 'Facing Teenage Pregnancy'

abc adoptions

Adoption BirthMoms

Adoption Connection

Baby Center-Birthparents

Birth Fathers

Birthmom Buds

Birthmother.com

Birthmother Support

Birthmothers Options

Birthmothers Unite-some reunification info

Birth Parents

Birthparents.org

Birthparent Resources & Support

Hope For Healing

Its About Love

ldsbirthmoms

Lifecall

Life Mothers

Newborn Adoptions

Ninas Bmom

Open Adoption Insight

Suite 101-Birthmother Support

The Nurturing Network

Two Different Kinds of Love

Two Kinds of Love Adoption

Zoe for Life - 877-436-LIFE

 Beta Paternity-DNA testing

 

Utah Birthparents

Articles on Adoption

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What to take to the hospital

Birthmom Speak

Share your story with other birthmoms            or read other stories.

Reunification Resources

Parenting Resources

Financial Assistance

dhhs

Adoption Related Items

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Books For / About Birthparents

Life Preserves-a website with lifebooks for adopted children.  There are pages with questions from a child's point of view.

Adoption Reader : Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories, by Susan Wadia-Ells (Editor)

Adoption Today: Options & Outcomes, by Cynthia V. N. Peck

Being a Birthparent: Finding Our Place, by Brenda Romanchik

Birthmother's Book Of Memories, by Brenda Romanchik

Birthparent Grief, by Brenda Romanchik

Getting Together: Building Relationships as We Negotiate, by Roger Fisher and Scott Brown of the Harvard Negotiation Project (Penguin, 1988)

Healing the Hole in a Heart, by Nancy Mac Isaac

Life Givers, by James L. Gritter

Never, Never, Never Will She Stop Loving You, by Jolene Durrant

One Birthmother's Emotional Truth about Healing, Recovery and Success, by Courtney Frey

Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Guide For Adoptive and Birth Families -- From Making The Decision through the Child's Growing Years, by Lois Ruskai Melina, Sharon Kaplan Roszia (Contributor)

Perspectives on a Grafted Tree, by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Pregnant? Adoption is an Option, by Jeanne Warren Lindsay

Saying Goodbye to a Baby,  by Patricia E. Roles

Stories Of Adoption : Loss and Reunion, by Eric Blau

The Third Choice, by Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi

What is Open Adoption?, by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999)

Your Rights and Responsibilities: A Guide For Expectant Parents Considering Adoption, by Brenda Romanchik