Adoption can be difficult, but it is a very loving decision to make. If you are considering adoption, you will receive in-depth counseling and information about the many kinds of adoption plans available. You also can choose to receive post-adoption counseling to help ease you through the emotional difficulties that may follow.

We are not an adoption agency but we will help you make an adoption plan, should you choose this option. We offer referrals to adoption agencies and private attorneys that we know and trust. We are here for you, the birthmother, and offer planning and support.

Loving Choices does not participate in the actual placing of infants with adoptive families, but will walk alongside of you to make an adoption plan if you so choose. We will be with you during the process and give you our support. We rely on professional adoption agencies and private attorneys for the actual placing of babies with adoptive families. Our desire is that everyone who chooses to place their child in a loving home will have a positive experience.

Making an adoption plan is choosing to focus on the needs of your child and entrusting your child to an adoptive family who has the ability to meet those needs. Adoption planning involves preparing for your child's future. Before making an adoption plan, here are some things for you to consider:

• Researching adoption as an option does not commit you to choosing adoption. The final decision about adoption is not made until after your baby is born.

• Birth mothers can begin the planning process for an adoption at any time during their pregnancy. Parental release of custody cannot occur until at least 72 hours after the child's birth.

• Adoption has changed a lot in the past 20 years. There are different adoption options available. The birth parents can choose from closed, open or semi-open adoption plans and it is common practice for the birth mother to choose the adoptive parents in infant adoptions.

• Adoption is a legal transaction whose rules differ from state to state. To make certain there will be no legal problems with your adoption, we will assist you in finding an adoption specialist who is uniquely equipped to help you navigate the process successfully.

Making an adoption plan goes beyond choosing life for your baby. For you to entrust your child to someone else to nurture is both a tough and loving decision that requires maturity, sacrifice, and unselfish love. It is not “the easy way out”, but a true parenting decision that places the focus on the needs of your child.

Want more information about making an adoption plan? Visit www.birthparent.us.