Anyone dealing with an unexpected baby is somebody in crisis, who deserves some kindness. It's easy for others to criticize females with surprise pregnancies. "How didn't she know she was pregnant?" people ask. Yet the reality is that there are plenty of babies born...
Whatever fears folks have about open adoption, in truth-- lost birthmothers can become a much greater problem for adoptees and the parents that love them both. In an open adoption, the child being adopted has the benefit of growing up with firsthand information about...
Everyone knows that using drugs during pregnancy is not a good thing. So why does it happen, and what can be done to help drug-addicted moms and their babies? For Absidi (name has been changed), drugs were a family tradition. Her dad was in prison for dealing, and her...
There's a right way to do adoption, and there's the wrong way to do adoption. And how you go about it matters, because the impact it will have on any child involved can be lifelong-- for good or bad. The Right Way to do Adoption The right way to do adoption is not the...
"I need to know how to do a secret adoption," she whispered. People have asked Abrazo how to do a secret adoption for nearly three decades now, and they have lots of different reasons for needing to put a baby up for adoption without anybody knowing. In this case, a...
This is for all mothers everywhere-- and especially for mothers in need who choose adoption. Because for the past 341 months, Abrazo has been blessed to know and work with the very best mothers of all. Abrazo opened the first week of 1994 and this agency exists for...
Can we talk about adoption agencies and adoptee rights, please? When people contact adoption agencies to plan for adoption, they're presumably planning adoption for a child's benefit. (That's how adoption is supposed to work.) Whether someone's placing or adopting,...
Having a San Antonio Fiesta baby via birth or adoption? Here’s what you need to know about delivering, placing or adopting a child during Texas’ biggest annual celebration.
Finding the best adoption agency is the first step in making the best adoption plan. In a country with thousands of licensed adoption agencies, though, just deciding where to go can seem like a daunting task to pick the "best" one. (To say nothing of the countless...
If you've heard the radio ads around Texas about modern adoption plans, you may be wondering: what has really changed about adoption-- and when, and how? It seems that the "modern adoption plan" pitch is an effort to rebrand adoption by repackaging the same benefits...
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