Adoption Support at Forever Parents

Adoption Isn’t Selfish: A Birthmother’s Story

A Birthfather’s Story

Adoption right choice: by Brennan Purtzer
Imagine my son’s delivery room. He has just been born, and our family is huddled together with the love and warmth and security that only a mother and father can provide.
Too bad it didn’t happen this way.
I wasn’t there. I couldn’t be there. I chose to work in an Alaskan [...]

Domestic Adoption

Domestic adoptions can be handled through an agency, attorney or facilitator and follow the laws of your state of residence. Prospective parents may pay some of the living and medical expenses of the birthmother but these rules vary depending on state law. Parents are usually selected by the birthparents of the child they adopt and [...]

Domestic Adoption Podcast

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

From their website:

Our friend Lindsey joins us in the studio to talk about her experiences with the domestic adoption process. Unlike our friend Sarah who adopted internationally, Lindsey and her husband Josh have had to endure (and are still enduring) many different and unexpected hurdles while trying to adopt a baby here [...]

Choosing Your Childs Name After Adoption

I recently posted an poll at our adoption forums which asked “For those who adopted an infant through domestic adoption, how much input did the biological mother have on your choosing a name for your child”?The results were: (total votes = 15):
1) The bio. mother chose the name and I had no input 0 / [...]

Lesbian Seeks To Overturn Adoption

Like a lot of lesbian couples, Sara Wheeler and her partner, Missy, decided to start a family together and share the Wheeler as their last name. Sara gave birth to a son through artificial insemination and two years later, they both decided that Missy should adopt the child and legally become his second parent.
Their relationship [...]