Putting Your Child Up for Adoption
Putting Your Child Up For Adoption: When You Decide...
Some parents know from the moment of conception that putting their child up for adoption is the best solution. Others don't make that difficult decision until just before or after they go into labor. You should know that you can change your mind at any time about adoption, so be sure you've thought through it carefully. If you decide on adoption before the baby is born, you can begin making advance preparations; if not, the process can start after the baby is born.
Putting Your Child Up For Adoption: Decide on the Type of Adoption
These days, there are several different ways that adoptions can be accomplished. First, there is a closed agency adoption, which involves giving your child over to the agency and allowing them to place the child without your input. This is the best solution for a parent who doesn't have the ability or strength to choose adoptive parents; you can always trust the agency to make a good choice. You can also decide on an open adoption, which allows you to choose the adoptive parents. And finally, you can choose an independent adoption, which is arranged by an attorney or medical worker, and doesn't involve an agency at all.
Putting Your Child Up For Adoption: Contact an Attorney
Even if you decide to allow an agency to handle the adoption, you should still have experienced counsel in your corner to help you understand your rights. If you don't know the laws concerning adoption in your state, you might end up making a mistake you'll regret. Adoption attorneys can be found in the yellow pages or referred by a doctor or other individual.
Putting Your Child Up For Adoption: Have Someone to Lean On
No matter how much you feel that you are making the right decision, putting your child up for adoption is never easy. Make sure that you have someone with you when you make decisions and are going through labor. If you don't have a husband or boyfriend by your side, solicit the confort and help of a friend or family member. Ask that they help you make important decisions and that they be by your side for emotional support. You can also seek counseling or psychiatric help from a professional who can help you sort out your feelings.
Putting Your Child Up For Adoption: Understand All Factors
You should also be sure that you understand the extent of your decisions. Raising a child is an overwhelming responsibility, and you should know what will happen no matter what you choose. Talk to someone who knows about raising kids and ask for their guidance. Take into account the emotional, physical and financial factors that go into keeping your baby.
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15 Comments
Post a Commenti think that some people think if u have time for sex u have time for a child not true. a kid takes a lot of work and some people don't want kids some one like me. i use so much stuff so i can't conceive a child i use condoms birthcontrole and sperm asides.. but even threw all that i got pregnant my baby would have had no chance living with me and the father because we were and still are not financially ready for a child. the economy is so sickening i had no choice but to give my baby up. things don't always go as planed and i have a friend who was rapped and got pregnant and insted of aborting the child she gave her baby up to a great gay cupple
i agree wit marry
you are all dumb
I was adopted when i was a baby because my mom was a drug addict and my dad left her when he found out she was pregant. It is a closd adoption so i dont know anything about my real parents. If i have a child in the future i will not put them up for adoption because i know how hard it would be to accept the situation. BUT I am very happy with the way my life has turned out and i am glad that i was put up for adoption. It's not always a bad thing and it doesnt mean some one isnt responsible.
i wish i had put my child up for adoption. i had considered it while pregnant, but thought i could be a good single mother. well i can't. but now the guilt i would feel giving her up is too much. i wish i would die. then i wouldn't have to worry about it, and she would be someone else's problem. i wish i knew how to be a good mom, or successful, but i suppose everyone can't be.
the people saying if u have time for sex u have time for a child, I'm taking it u don't have kids because there's more the 20mins put into a child's life.and if the parents of a baby or child feel the can't do parent-hood no more the have the right to put him/her up for adoption, people putting the parents down for doing such a thing is wrong , this way children and babies will get the love and care they need, but when u put quilt on someone then most likely with the will do away with the child or baby in their own way. and that's why u hear of these things on the news every 2nd night.
DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE U DON'T WHAT THE REASONS ARE WHY THEY ARE DOING IT!!!!!!!!
I am a single, successful woman looking to adopt a baby or young child, preferably a girl (I am a clothing designer). I can be contacted at shiplaw@attglobal.net
I'm a mother of an almost four year old daughter, I became pregnant with her at the age of 16 and I was 17 when I gave birth to her. I decided to keep her since i felt I could be a good mother, which I can say with confidence, I am. Now I am 21 and pregnant with my second. This time around is different. Much different. I don't doubt my parenting skills, but what I don't have right now is the proper resources, money, for a second child, or a father who wants to be a father for his fourth time. I want an open adoption and crave a stable and loving life for my second child.... but I also deeply wish I could keep him. I'm only about 3 months along(guessing it's a boy), so I still have some time to make a clear thought out decision. I'm just searching for information. Luckily I have a very supportive family either way, but the father is very firm about adoption.
Danny,
You said "if you have time for sex, you have time for a child"
Really?
Or, another way of looking at it is:
"If you didn't have the 30 seconds to open the package and apply a condom to PREVENT a child... if you are so irresponsible that you can't find a form of birth control... you will not have time and you are not responsible enough for a child."
Well, I'm quite for adoption since it was the only way my wife and I could be parents. As you said, it is a far better solution than abortion, and at least these people are honest about whether or not they can care for their children. Would you rather the kids suffer from abuse or neglect?