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Sunday
5/6/12
10:00 pm
DearBirth Mother,
If you are considering an adoption plan for your unborn child, I sincerely hope you read this blog first. If anyone is telling you that another couple is more fit to parent your child, because of money, or age, or whatever, please remember that all couples have problems.
I shared an inside view of what my own marriage looked like a few days before the birth of our prospective adoptive child (see previous two blog posts). Our marriage is imperfect. All marriages are. In fact, a couple may adopt your child, only to get divorced later. Or worse. As my husband always says, "No one can see the inside of another couple's marriage."
It's unlikely that the people in your personal life are encouraging you to keep your baby. If they were, you probably wouldn't be considering the adoption option in the first place. And the people working in the adoption industry are not going to tell you to try and keep your baby. They want to make money.
Have faith in yourself to parent your child. If you are considering placing your child for adoption because you have been told that your child will be better off, think again. I think this is the worst insult to a woman. And you deserve to know that you are strong and capable. There is no power greater than motherhood.
Sincerely,
Jennifer
Former Prospective Adoptive Parent
Now a Concerned Citizen
Who Worries About The Coercion of Vulnerable, Pregnant Women
Dear
If you are considering an adoption plan for your unborn child, I sincerely hope you read this blog first. If anyone is telling you that another couple is more fit to parent your child, because of money, or age, or whatever, please remember that all couples have problems.
I shared an inside view of what my own marriage looked like a few days before the birth of our prospective adoptive child (see previous two blog posts). Our marriage is imperfect. All marriages are. In fact, a couple may adopt your child, only to get divorced later. Or worse. As my husband always says, "No one can see the inside of another couple's marriage."
It's unlikely that the people in your personal life are encouraging you to keep your baby. If they were, you probably wouldn't be considering the adoption option in the first place. And the people working in the adoption industry are not going to tell you to try and keep your baby. They want to make money.
Have faith in yourself to parent your child. If you are considering placing your child for adoption because you have been told that your child will be better off, think again. I think this is the worst insult to a woman. And you deserve to know that you are strong and capable. There is no power greater than motherhood.
Sincerely,
Jennifer
Former Prospective Adoptive Parent
Now a Concerned Citizen
