Birth Parent Stories
Ashley
Birth Mother
I was 17 the first time I got pregnant. Everything happened so fast! Because my brother and I were adopted I knew right away I wanted to find an adoption agency. My mom looked in the phone book and we called Adoption Associates. I really liked them because I could choose the family for my baby, and I could decide how open I wanted everything to be. Some of the other places didn't give me all the options that AAI did. ...
Toraleen
Birth Mother
At the age of 39, I became pregnant from a one night stand. I considered abortion several times, but could not actually go to the clinic. When I was five months pregnant, I knew that I needed to make another plan. I talked to a couple of close friends and told them that I was thinking about adoption ...
Tom and Dawn
Birth Father and Birth Mother
We planned an adoption eleven years ago for our son. Dawn was in eleventh grade and I was just out of high school. This was the most difficult decision we ever had to make, and probably the most difficult decision we will ever make. It took much thought, discussion and planning before we made the final adoption decision. We had a lot of support from our immediate family. Yes, there were a few who didn't agree and put in their "two cents." However, we knew our decision had to be based on what was right for our baby ...
Susan
Birth Mother
The answer to my prayers came quickly as a sudden revelation. One day I was trying to reason with the birthfather over the phone, when a thought occurred to me: maybe this wasn’t supposed to be MY baby. Maybe God was using me to provide a child to a family who could not otherwise have children. I almost immediately began looking into adoption ...
Sean and Susan
Birth Father and Birth Mother
We chose adoption because we felt it was the best thing for our child. It was the hardest thing we have ever done, but we knew it was the right thing for the baby. When I was pregnant, we didn't have stable housing and I wasn't working. We knew that the baby needed more than we could give him. Anyone can have a baby, but not everyone is prepared to provide everything that a child needs ...
