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Pregnant in College
When you get pregnant in college, life can suddenly feel like a whole different ballgame. Get pregnant in high school, and everybody says you're just a teenager who didn't know better. Come up pregnant in college, but suddenly, folks act like you're someone who should...
Unexpected Blessings
Adoption is a journey that can be filled with unexpected blessings. The adoption experience is one that most come to unexpectedly, after all. Sometimes, it's precipitated by an unexpected pregnancy, an unwanted infertility diagnosis, or the abrupt loss of both...
The Birthparent You Never Knew
Dear Adoptee: permit us to offer a bit of insight about the birthparent you never knew. The truth is you've always known her/him/them, even if you've never met. Why? Because their cells live on in you. And you still know what her heartbeat sounded like from the...
Pregnancy after Placing
Dear Birthmother: if you feel conflicted about having another pregnancy after placing or you're dealing with secondary infertility after placing, take note. You have every right to have another child in the future. You are entitled to parent after having placed. (And...
Sharenting, Adoption, Child Exploitation
This is Elizabeth, Abrazo's director, with some thoughts on sharenting, adoption, child exploitation ... these are my own opinions, and I'm thinking aloud here, so bear with me, y'all... Granted, this is hardly an uplifting or inspirational blog topic during National...
Lost Connections and Adoption Ghosting
At Abrazo's recent orientation event, a question arose about lost connections and adoption ghosting. There's a common misconception that whenever open adoptions go closed, it's because the adoptive parents shut down access. The reality, however, is that successful...
Adopting Isn’t Easy
Let's be honest: adopting isn't easy. (Nor should it be.) This weekend, a group of adopting parents from across the USA are traveling to San Antonio. They're coming here for Abrazo's very last Parents of Tomorrow weekend of this decade. In order to qualify, they've...
Questions to Ask Adoptive Families
If you're trying to choose someone to adopt your child, it helps to know what questions to ask adoptive families. (You wouldn't want to place your baby with just anybody, after all!) These days, it's easy to find people who want to adopt. Nationwide, more than 50...
Just a Piece of Paper
"It's just a piece of paper," she told herself, as she sat in her hospital bed, contemplating the legal document that would change everything forever. Three days ago, she'd delivered the result of an unplanned pregnancy that happened nine months earlier. She'd been a...
How to Get a Homestudy
If you're exploring how to get a homestudy done, this is a good place to get started. Ruben and Hannah have finished infertility treatments and decided to adopt. They'd assumed that just filling out an adoption agency application would be enough? But then they learn...
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