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FIRST (BIRTH) PARENTS
cindy.psbm: I am a christian. Love my family. I am an auntie, a sister, a daughter, a loyal friend, an excellent employee, and a birthmom in open adoption (since Feb 17, 2006).
Puzzle Pieces: Adoption: My journey as a mom, a first mom in open adoptions, and a traditional surrogate so my youngest child can have a sibling. Includes general life updates and stray thoughts.
I Should Really Be Working: Thoughts of a first Mom that placed her daughter for adoption using less than conventional means: by utilizing California's Safe Haven law, and the journey that occurred when she returned to the hospital and entered into an open adoption.
Therapy Is Expensive: An opinionated 20-something juggles life and open adoption.
Coming Clean: Confessions of a Secret Birthmom: I placed my daughter as a college student, stayed in contact for two years and drifted off. Next thing I knew it was 12 years later. Come join the fun as I navigate the pitfalls of going from closed to semi open contact, and celebrating the hope of coming down the home stretch to reunion one day.
The Birthmother's Journey: One birthmother's positive experience as a birthmother, a mother and a writer.
From Another Mother: I am a birthmom. I am adopted. Adoption changes my life every day, and I love every moment.
From the Mind of a Bmom: My reflections on life, relinquishment, and random things that make me smile.
The Chronicles of Munchkin Land: Writing our ever-evolving story.
Where Do I Begin?: I am a mom to four sweet children, and am pregnant with my fifth. I decided early in my pregnancy that I was not prepared to parent a fifth by myself. Open adoption was my answer and I will experience it in one week. I LOVE the parents I picked for my baby and I cant wait for this little guy to be born.
Sturdy Yet Fragile: Explores pregnancy and new motherhood, particularly as it relates to the baby I gave up years ago.
The Awakening of Araceli...: The story of adoption and life there after, from someone in the Hispanic culture.
Amstel Life: Explore the journey of a 22-year-old birthmom who placed her daughter, Deanna Marie, in an open adoption with a wonderful Christian family four years ago...
O Momma Writes: While I am now a young mom, wife, and full time college student and my blog focuses on those roles primarily, my role as a birth mother in an open adoption is talked about often as my experiences collide my roles together resulting into one role...simply me.
The Happiest Sad: I was a mother for nine weeks, and then I became a birth mother. This is the story of me, my daughter, and my daughter's parents, as it is happening.
The Story of a Girl: Story about a birth mom of adoption! One day raped, suppressed pregnancy, had beautiful daughter, completed a family, started non-profit, & found out how precious the gift of life is!
Endure for a Night: A birth mother in an open adoption, I write about my experiences with my son, his parents, and the rest of my world.
Holes 2 Heaven: Chronicles of a birthmom (me) coming out of denial about my adoption journey. My birthdaughter just found me on FB, 14 years old, and I have started blogging and reaching out for the first time ever, to understand our story and connect with others who have been touched by adoption.
Cigarettes and Coffee: Mis-adventures of a birthmother in open adoption
itcame2past: Placed second daughter for adoption on September 5,2007. Single mom to my first daughter born in 2001 and going through a custody battle with my first daughters dad since June of 2008. This is our journey and my thoughts. It's private because of the custody battle but happy to invite readers.
My Life with Open Adoption: I have an open adoption with an awesome family. I gave my son up on October 22, 2009 and so far it has been a wonderful experience...here is my story and updates.
Dear Sweetheart: Letters to a child from his birth mom. What she wishes she could tell him and maybe one day will have the chance to.
She's everything that you've been hoping for...: A single mom dealing with divorce, custody issues, dating and now open adoption as a birthmother.
Confessions of a Mean Girl Turned Mommy: Ramblings about my life as both a full-time single mom, and as a birthmom.
In His Easy Yoke: I'm a first mom of 15 years, wife, and mother to two additional precious daughters. I blog about the the good, the bad and the ugly in adoption, my spiritual life, and the privilege of being a mother.
With Thoughts of an Angel in Mind: Uncovering a veil of Hope. Attempting to encourage others along the way. (Coming from both sides of the adoption spectrum...with much to say and much to learn.)
Not Quite "Juno""--My Adoption Story: This is my story in pieces. The good ones, the bad ones, and everything in between. Adoption had changed my life forever, as well as my family, and my Adoptive Parents. Even though there were times when it hurt, the end result is a positive one. I wouldn't change it for the world!
The Birth Mother Voice: My voice is honest and loud. I am a birth mother who has been through two adoptions and I advocate with a very positive attitude about it all. My, how I have grown!
ErnieGirl is TTC: I am a birthmother in an open adoption, my birth daughter turns 9 in March. I am also suffering from secondary infertility, yet to be diagnosed.
Communities don't get built...: The thoughts of an adult adoptee, who is unhappy being adopted and with adoption in general. From a feminist perspective.
Everyday Brings a New Adventure: I am an adoptee, recently reunited with my birthfamilies, as well as an adoptive mother of two precious boys. Adoption is who I am.
The Warrior Princess Diaries: I blog about my life as a daughter of the King. I'm an adopive mom and aunt, and an adult adoptee, and enjoy honest dialogue about adoption.
From Another Mother: I am a birthmom. I am adopted. Adoption changes my life every day, and I love every moment.
Everyday Brings a New Adventure: I am an adoptee, recently reunited with my birthfamilies, as well as an adoptive mother of two precious boys. Adoption is who I am.
The Warrior Princess Diaries: I blog about my life as a daughter of the King. I'm an adopive mom and aunt, and an adult adoptee, and enjoy honest dialogue about adoption.
From Another Mother: I am a birthmom. I am adopted. Adoption changes my life every day, and I love every moment.
Thinking Positively: I blog about infertility and fostering with the intent to adopt. Just starting the adoption process this month, hope to be new parents by the end of May.
Be Still and Know...: After being diagnosed with Endometriosis we looked down the path that led to IVF, lots of bills, and emotional roller coasters and decided that it wasn't for us. We decided to adopt and are well on our way to finding our family! This blog is about our journey, faith and our dream to become a family!
My First Gray Hair: The title comes from finding my first gray hair a couple of years ago -- I'd always said I wanted to reach motherhood before finding a gray hair, and I just made it. Is Oprah-like wisdom soon to follow, or just more frequent trips to the salon? Stay tuned.
Weebles Wobblog: Open adoption, mindful living, 1970s trivia, perfect moments, politics and spirituality...I'm a female Jack Handy with shallow deep thoughts.
Letters to a Birthmother: Follows one adoptive mom's journey from "semi-open" adoption to fully open and beyond.
From Yuppies to Parents in Just 8 Months: We'd struggled to get pregnant for years, and finally settled in to our yuppy existence pretending we were fine with not having children. One phone call changed everything, one question reminded us of everything we had worked so hard to forget. "We're pregnant, and we were wondering if you would adopt the baby?" And that's where our story begins.
life from here: musings from the edge: Reflections on building our family and parenting in a fully open adoption after infertility and loss.
Evil Mommy: All about parenting a "tween", my fiber addiction, and zombies. Not necessarily in that order.
Production, Not Reproduction: Thinking about open adoption, transracial adoption, ethical adoption--all in one handy blog.
You Just Never Know Where Hope Might Take Ya: I'm Just a Momma, being a Momma to two great kids who came to our family through open adoption. Ours aren't perfect but they're ours... and five years into it, we're eyes wide open about the reality that is...open adoption.
Reservado Para Futura Mamá: Recent adoptive mom to a baby girl through domestic open adoption.
This Woman's Work: Writing, mothering and writing about mothering.
Eggs Benedict Arnold: A story of high fsh, inconsiderate ovaries, infertility, adoption and now motherhood. After many failed infertility treatments, my husband and I domestically adopted our daughter, Little Lassie, at one year old. This is our story of a happy ending that was really a beginning.
Chasing a Child: Open adoption, transracial adoption and parenting after infertility -- we've got all the fun going on at our house!
More Than Dog Children: My blog is about our journey from infertility to domestic open adoption.
On Wings of Hope: Through 8 years of heartbreak trying to conceive and grow our family, my heart is full once more. Celebrating our son who came to us through the miracle of adoption.
Off My Mind: I blog about my experience in adoption. I am in a very open adoption with one child and a very closed with another (by choice of birthmom).
Every Wrong Move: I’m a forty-something white woman, actively engaged in being a life-partner, mother, daughter, open adoption constellation member, friend, community member, and income-earner. And some more roles, I’m sure. This blog is here for me to share some thoughts about how it is to live in this life of mine.
Clio: Karen blogs about raising her daughter Evie, open adoption, being a SAHM, infertility, endometriosis and books.
Welcome to the Dollhouse: Welcome to my schizophrenic blog that seeks to be all things to me. From infertility & miscarriage, to adoption. From feminism, righteous ranting, humor, recovery and addiction, to my passion for knitting. This is my home. I hope you enjoy your visit. The moral of life is: There is no fucking plan! You've just got to roll with whatever life throws at you.
Bramble River Baby: We tried to have a baby for nearly 7 years before starting the adoption process. Less than a year later, we were matched with a birthmom and are now awaiting the birth of our first child in April 2009. We plan to have a semi-open adoption.
What Else Do We Need?: What else do we need? Nothing! When our youngest joined our family through domestic transracial adoption, our life felt complete. Our adoption has grown in openness over time and we are hoping it continues to do so. I blog about adoption, but mainly muse about the fun, the funny and the infuriating moments with two boys.
But, Aren't You Afraid?: Well meaning friends and family have often asked me if I was afraid of Z's first mom wanting him back, or stealing him, or of him loving her more than me. I know those questions come from a place of concern and are derived from a lack of understanding, but to all of the questions my answer is, without hesitation, "No, I'm not afraid".
Seeking God Knows What: A blog about being a mother through open adoption, my life dealing with depression, infertility and childhood cancer survivorship along with assorted other stuff.
BugandBeau: The adventures of a mom through open adoption to two children who make my life complete.
Forever Knit 2gether: Our journey through three open adoptions and our hopes to adopt more.
(A)Dad: A father of two children through adoption. Open adoption from a different perspective.
Heart Cries: Our vivacious little boy, Tyrus, was born in June of 2009. His birth mother is also named Rebekah and a part of this wonderful community! Ours is a story of God-woven details and friendship. Our adoption is wide-open as Rebekah and her family have become an extension of ours.
Not Like I Thought It Would Be: I started this blog in the midst of infertility and now I am a mom through open domestic adoption. Starting a family was nothing like I expected, but I wouldn't trade our journey for anything. We got the perfect happy ending!
Grace Comes By Hearing: I'm a happily married wife, mother and teacher. These are my stories and feelings about life and our new son through open adoption. God is my guide and strength. "God never closes a door without first opening a window."
Adoption Journey: Blog about our journey through domestic adoption. We embrace openness and the birthmother's right to choose.
Always and Forever Family: After 2 years of waiting for an international closed adoption we switched to domestic open adoption and brought our daughter home 7 months later. We have since gained a large family with her first mom's family. And we love it.
Cold Noodles for Breakfast: Because nobody gets adopted by accident...
I write about our experiences raising 3 adopted black boys in the heart of Amish Country. We also have open adoptions!
The Tough Times Make You Stronger: The blog that follows our hearts and faith through fertility treatments, agency issues, and a potential open adoption of a little girl due April 21st (THIS MONTH!?).
The Many Faces of KJ: Our continuing journey with trans-racial adoption.
Already In Our Hearts: An adoptive mom of a beautiful daughter born in March of 2009. After two years...blessed with the gift of a child through open adoption.
Grown In My Heart: Grown in My Heart is a place where all adoptive parents, adoptees, and first moms know they feel safe to air their opinions, regardless of differences. We are a group of women joined, somehow, by adoption. We are the same, yet VERY different.
The Mommy Journals: I'm a stay-at-home mom who is parenting my toddler, living with infertility, and sorting through the emotions and events of an open adoption.
Miraculously My Own: In March of 2009 Hubbs and I brought home little R with less than 24 hours notice through domestic infant adoption. My blog details my journey from the making the decision to adopt, bringing home our daughter and finding our way through parenthood and open adoption.
Blessings From Above: After years of infertility, we are now the parents of two beautiful girls through domestic adoption...one trans-racial closed adoption (the birthmother's decision), and one open adoption. Our girls are just a mere 5 1/2 months apart in age! When it rains {blessings from above}, it pours!
Four Gardners and Me: I am an attorney by trade, daughter of an Italian shoemaker by birth, and mother by divine grace. My blog? What I know best: my family, my life. Four Gardners and Me.
All We Need Is You: Our long journey to open adoption.
Crawford Life & Times: After 9 miscarriages, 2 ectopics and a boat load of heart ache, we decided that blue eyes didn't matter and adopted our 3rd child, Jackson from Haiti in 2003(he is about 13 now). A 3rd biological child surprised us a year later, but we still wanted to adopt again and welcomed a newborn African-American boy, adopted domestically, in 2007. A VERY VERY open adoption! we are in NH, birthmom was in AR, but she joined the Air Force and now lives 30 minutes away! We couldn't be happier.
Raising Belle: An adoptive mom chronicles the stories of raising Belle.
OpenAdoptionMommy: I'm a newly adoptive mother after infertility. My husband and I are in a very open adoption with the birthmother and her family. Using this blog to document the journey.
Write, Baby, Repeat: All about my journey through infertility and open adoption to mommyhood, and my adventures as a work-at-home writer & editor of books for young readers, wife to my college sweetheart, and above all, mom to one amazing baby boy.
Not Imitation Cheese
The R House: my name is mrs. r and i run the r house. i am a wife, a mother, an adoption advocate, a former third grade teacher, an aspiring photographer, a sunset lover, a runner, an adoption blogger, a survivor
Abundantly Blessed: The happenings of a Christ-loving, stay-at-home Mom to the three beautiful daughters. One by adoption and two home grown!
Eyes Wide Open: Reflections on an international open adoption, transracial adoption, and the journey to mommy-hood.
Everyday Brings a New Adventure: I am an adoptee, recently reunited with my birthfamilies, as well as an adoptive mother of two precious boys. Adoption is who I am.
The Adoptive Mother: I am an adoptive mother of five beautiful children who are all biologically related via the same birth mother. This blog tells our story and explores open adoption and the relationship between birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees.
Simple Perfect Life: Life beyond our profile. . . We are a family blessed with two beautiful open adoptions awaiting our third. Definitely not simple nor perfect, but simply, our life
Mama C and the Boys: Transracial domestic infant adoption by a single mom who adds a biracial donor conceived little brother to the the mix two years later, and writes about ALL of it. Humor, vulnerability, brotherhood, being an anti racist ally, full time teacher, writer and parent and the inspiration continues...
The Warrior Princess Diaries: I blog about my life as a daughter of the King. I'm an adopive mom and aunt, and an adult adoptee, and enjoy honest dialogue about adoption.
Pocket Full of Prose: Every day drama in the life of a creative artist, adoptive mother, stellar wife, and copywriter.
Surprised by Hope: We are a transracial adoptive family with a very open adoption with our daughter's first family. We love our relationship with them and we love sharing our journey with others who are considering open adoption and transracial adoption! Our lives have truly been blessed with the addition of our beautiful daughter!
Adoption A'int for Sissies: Our journey adopting our precious son through open kinship adoption.
The Night Kitchen: Thoughts on being a family through open adoption, and sometimes other things too.
Henry Street: Four miscarriages. Three failed IVFs. Two different sperm donors. One diagnosis of Balanced Translocation. We are now proud parents of a son via domestic infant semi-open adoption.
For the Love of Coco: After two biological children we knew we were missing someone...enter an incredible young woman who helped our family grown not but one little life, but with an entire family tree. Our adoption is categorized as transracial, open, and magical from the very beginning.
A+A Adopt a Baby: This is a blog about our experiences on the road to becoming parents through adoption. As a white couple who will most likely be adopting a non-white child, expect to see reflections on, and links to, discussions on transracial adoption, open adoption, race, culture, and parenting, as well as stories of all the other ups and downs that we face as we wait to meet our child.
Our Adoption Journey: This is our journey through the adoption process with plans for an open adoption. We became active on Friday, May 22, 2009. We continue to document our lives as we wait for "The Call".
How Am I Not Myself?: A blog about open adoption, waiting to be a mother, and other random thoughts.
Waiting for Bambino: We're anxiously awaiting our "bambino" through domestic infant adoption.
All Grown Up: After 3 years of infertility and three failed IVFs, we are actively waiting to be matched with a birth family and hoping to have an open adoption once we do get matched. We cannot wait to become parents and this space is mine to work through all the chaos until we do! Thanks for stopping by!
Gates Place: We are currently waiting to start our family through domestic open adoption! It has been a long road...we started the adoption journey in January 2007. After disappointment in an international program, our hearts were set on an open adoption where we wait today.
Barren By the Bay: A 40's something couple leaving fertility treatments behind to pursue domestic open adoption. We are celebrating becoming paper pregnant as of June 29, 2009. Now we are just waiting for our forever family to be completed.
Life and Adoption!: We are currently matched with a birthmom, due in February with a little boy!
Make Way: After years of infertility our lives are complete with the birth of our son, through domestic open adoption. We are now waiting to hopefully adopt our second child soon...
From You and Me to Family: Our prayers and hopes and observations of our travels on the journey to open adoption. We're waiting to be matched with a First Mom through Bethany Christian Services.
A Pea in Our Pod, Please: My husband and I always felt led to adopt children...we just assumed we would give birth first. God always has a plan! We tried for three years to get pregnant before we gave in to God and decided to adopt. We have been waiting for a baby since April of 2009.
The waiting is the hardest part: A thirty something happily married woman starting out on the unknown road of domestic open adoption.
Baby Mac... Where are you?: This blog chronicles our journey from infertility to domestic infant adoption.
And Baby Makes Four: A blog about our journey from infertility to open adoption and everything in between.
WiRED: I'm a metalsmith, wife, dog mom, project starter (and sometimes finisher!) I blog about our open adoption journey (which has only just begun), metalsmithing, and various other ramblings.
Waiting With Faith, Waiting For Our Miracle: A blog about our adoption journey through open adoption. Our ups, downs, and insights to all that we are experiencing.
I Can Haz Bebe?: Our journey through infertility to adoption. I try to akwardly balance humor and honest emotions while we make our way through a (surprise!) open adoption. Our son will be coming home around 11/22/09! :)
Hoping For Another Little One: We are a family of 3, hoping to become a family of 4. We have a biological son through IVF given multiple fertility issues. After another failed IVF cycle, we are moving onto domestic adoption, and this blog is about our journey, hopes and dreams to complete our family through open adoption.
karlinda: Vegan Brits living in the US, hoping to start our family soon through open adoption.
Adventures in Adoption: My husband & I eagerly await our first child to join the family through domestic open adoption! We've blogged about our year long journey since day one that the official process started. We've been waiting to be chosen by Birth parents since Jan. 2009. Join in the adventure!
Family of Two: The Adoption Chronicles: From infertility to domestic open adoption to ... hopefully... Parenthood.
Life {Sweet} Life: We are in the process of pursuing infant open domestic adoption. The more I learn about open adoption, the harder it is for me to imagine it any other way.
The Adoption Rollercoaster: Our journey through domestic adoption.
Life. Family. Adoption.: Random thoughts on life, family and our journey to adoption. With a side of dish cupcakes and Diet Coke.
Adventures in Adoption: The roller coaster ride from start, to middle, to right now of our open domestic adoption process. Then throw in some life, love, laughter, tears, poems, the Muppets, dogs, cats, family, friends, venting, sharing, the man's point of view from time to time, and just getting through it all with dignity and my sense of humor intact. Plus, I like to share adoption resources with others! Adoption is my passion!
3 Boys and Adoption!?!: We have 3 biological boys. We hope to be adding a daughter into the mix by open domestic adoption.
Graceful Beatings: We are currently fostering our baby girl through the foster system in hopes of adopting her soon.
Giving What I Am: My blog is based on service. I talk about everything positive. I am an open advocate for adoption and want to help others network themselves to find situations to adopt. I also do adoption consulting.
{blessed} to adopt: Our thoughts along the journey and blessing of adoption. Focused on openness, transracial families, and living a multicultural, international life!
Life is simple:it's just not easy: A journey to becoming mommy and daddy.
Dave and Jen's Adoption Journey: We are prospective adoptive parents who are home study approved and waiting to be matched. We live in Orlando and have been married for 11 years. Dave's family was built through adoption and we're excited to build ours through adoption.
Making Our Family Complete: We are a family of four hoping to be a family of five in the future. We have started our journey to make our family complete through the domestic adoption of a baby girl.
The Egg Drop Post: After trying to get pregnant for many years, my partner and I are now pursuing domestic open adoption.
Baby Wanted: I'm a happily married, childless mother (I've had four miscarriages) who is looking to bring her first baby home through adoption.
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: I am a 36 yr. old kindergarten teacher. After struggling for three years with infertility we are in the process of adopting. I hope this will be the story of how we became a family.
Our Journey to Parenthood: A fun and easy way to education our family and friends about our adoption journey and everything we are learning along the way!
Julie's Scribbles: I blog about everything, but since we're awaiting our little boy's arrival in April via domestic adoption our excitement/feelings/trepidation over his arrival tends to be my focus!
I Want To Be A Mummy: I am over thirty but under forty, my husband is the same. We have been married for almost ten years and trying to be parents for just over six. It is three years since we found out that having children would be difficult if not impossible, two years since IVF and four months since we approached our adoption agency. I want to be a mummy is my adoption diary.
Eyes Opened Wider: My blog is a record of my time as a social worker and the lessons I'm learning along the way. I work in Child Welfare and am interested in ALL THINGS family preservation, foster care, and adoption related.
Open Adoption Insight
Be Still and Know...: After being diagnosed with Endometriosis we looked down the path that led to IVF, lots of bills, and emotional roller coasters and decided that it wasn't for us. We decided to adopt and are well on our way to finding our family! This blog is about our journey, faith and our dream to become a family!
My First Gray Hair: The title comes from finding my first gray hair a couple of years ago -- I'd always said I wanted to reach motherhood before finding a gray hair, and I just made it. Is Oprah-like wisdom soon to follow, or just more frequent trips to the salon? Stay tuned.
Weebles Wobblog: Open adoption, mindful living, 1970s trivia, perfect moments, politics and spirituality...I'm a female Jack Handy with shallow deep thoughts.
Letters to a Birthmother: Follows one adoptive mom's journey from "semi-open" adoption to fully open and beyond.
From Yuppies to Parents in Just 8 Months: We'd struggled to get pregnant for years, and finally settled in to our yuppy existence pretending we were fine with not having children. One phone call changed everything, one question reminded us of everything we had worked so hard to forget. "We're pregnant, and we were wondering if you would adopt the baby?" And that's where our story begins.
life from here: musings from the edge: Reflections on building our family and parenting in a fully open adoption after infertility and loss.
Evil Mommy: All about parenting a "tween", my fiber addiction, and zombies. Not necessarily in that order.
Production, Not Reproduction: Thinking about open adoption, transracial adoption, ethical adoption--all in one handy blog.
You Just Never Know Where Hope Might Take Ya: I'm Just a Momma, being a Momma to two great kids who came to our family through open adoption. Ours aren't perfect but they're ours... and five years into it, we're eyes wide open about the reality that is...open adoption.
Reservado Para Futura Mamá: Recent adoptive mom to a baby girl through domestic open adoption.
This Woman's Work: Writing, mothering and writing about mothering.
Eggs Benedict Arnold: A story of high fsh, inconsiderate ovaries, infertility, adoption and now motherhood. After many failed infertility treatments, my husband and I domestically adopted our daughter, Little Lassie, at one year old. This is our story of a happy ending that was really a beginning.
Chasing a Child: Open adoption, transracial adoption and parenting after infertility -- we've got all the fun going on at our house!
More Than Dog Children: My blog is about our journey from infertility to domestic open adoption.
On Wings of Hope: Through 8 years of heartbreak trying to conceive and grow our family, my heart is full once more. Celebrating our son who came to us through the miracle of adoption.
Off My Mind: I blog about my experience in adoption. I am in a very open adoption with one child and a very closed with another (by choice of birthmom).
Every Wrong Move: I’m a forty-something white woman, actively engaged in being a life-partner, mother, daughter, open adoption constellation member, friend, community member, and income-earner. And some more roles, I’m sure. This blog is here for me to share some thoughts about how it is to live in this life of mine.
Clio: Karen blogs about raising her daughter Evie, open adoption, being a SAHM, infertility, endometriosis and books.
Welcome to the Dollhouse: Welcome to my schizophrenic blog that seeks to be all things to me. From infertility & miscarriage, to adoption. From feminism, righteous ranting, humor, recovery and addiction, to my passion for knitting. This is my home. I hope you enjoy your visit. The moral of life is: There is no fucking plan! You've just got to roll with whatever life throws at you.
Bramble River Baby: We tried to have a baby for nearly 7 years before starting the adoption process. Less than a year later, we were matched with a birthmom and are now awaiting the birth of our first child in April 2009. We plan to have a semi-open adoption.
What Else Do We Need?: What else do we need? Nothing! When our youngest joined our family through domestic transracial adoption, our life felt complete. Our adoption has grown in openness over time and we are hoping it continues to do so. I blog about adoption, but mainly muse about the fun, the funny and the infuriating moments with two boys.
But, Aren't You Afraid?: Well meaning friends and family have often asked me if I was afraid of Z's first mom wanting him back, or stealing him, or of him loving her more than me. I know those questions come from a place of concern and are derived from a lack of understanding, but to all of the questions my answer is, without hesitation, "No, I'm not afraid".
Seeking God Knows What: A blog about being a mother through open adoption, my life dealing with depression, infertility and childhood cancer survivorship along with assorted other stuff.
BugandBeau: The adventures of a mom through open adoption to two children who make my life complete.
Forever Knit 2gether: Our journey through three open adoptions and our hopes to adopt more.
(A)Dad: A father of two children through adoption. Open adoption from a different perspective.
Heart Cries: Our vivacious little boy, Tyrus, was born in June of 2009. His birth mother is also named Rebekah and a part of this wonderful community! Ours is a story of God-woven details and friendship. Our adoption is wide-open as Rebekah and her family have become an extension of ours.
Not Like I Thought It Would Be: I started this blog in the midst of infertility and now I am a mom through open domestic adoption. Starting a family was nothing like I expected, but I wouldn't trade our journey for anything. We got the perfect happy ending!
Grace Comes By Hearing: I'm a happily married wife, mother and teacher. These are my stories and feelings about life and our new son through open adoption. God is my guide and strength. "God never closes a door without first opening a window."
Adoption Journey: Blog about our journey through domestic adoption. We embrace openness and the birthmother's right to choose.
Always and Forever Family: After 2 years of waiting for an international closed adoption we switched to domestic open adoption and brought our daughter home 7 months later. We have since gained a large family with her first mom's family. And we love it.
Cold Noodles for Breakfast: Because nobody gets adopted by accident...
I write about our experiences raising 3 adopted black boys in the heart of Amish Country. We also have open adoptions!
The Tough Times Make You Stronger: The blog that follows our hearts and faith through fertility treatments, agency issues, and a potential open adoption of a little girl due April 21st (THIS MONTH!?).
The Many Faces of KJ: Our continuing journey with trans-racial adoption.
Already In Our Hearts: An adoptive mom of a beautiful daughter born in March of 2009. After two years...blessed with the gift of a child through open adoption.
Grown In My Heart: Grown in My Heart is a place where all adoptive parents, adoptees, and first moms know they feel safe to air their opinions, regardless of differences. We are a group of women joined, somehow, by adoption. We are the same, yet VERY different.
The Mommy Journals: I'm a stay-at-home mom who is parenting my toddler, living with infertility, and sorting through the emotions and events of an open adoption.
Miraculously My Own: In March of 2009 Hubbs and I brought home little R with less than 24 hours notice through domestic infant adoption. My blog details my journey from the making the decision to adopt, bringing home our daughter and finding our way through parenthood and open adoption.
Blessings From Above: After years of infertility, we are now the parents of two beautiful girls through domestic adoption...one trans-racial closed adoption (the birthmother's decision), and one open adoption. Our girls are just a mere 5 1/2 months apart in age! When it rains {blessings from above}, it pours!
Four Gardners and Me: I am an attorney by trade, daughter of an Italian shoemaker by birth, and mother by divine grace. My blog? What I know best: my family, my life. Four Gardners and Me.
All We Need Is You: Our long journey to open adoption.
Crawford Life & Times: After 9 miscarriages, 2 ectopics and a boat load of heart ache, we decided that blue eyes didn't matter and adopted our 3rd child, Jackson from Haiti in 2003(he is about 13 now). A 3rd biological child surprised us a year later, but we still wanted to adopt again and welcomed a newborn African-American boy, adopted domestically, in 2007. A VERY VERY open adoption! we are in NH, birthmom was in AR, but she joined the Air Force and now lives 30 minutes away! We couldn't be happier.
Raising Belle: An adoptive mom chronicles the stories of raising Belle.
OpenAdoptionMommy: I'm a newly adoptive mother after infertility. My husband and I are in a very open adoption with the birthmother and her family. Using this blog to document the journey.
Write, Baby, Repeat: All about my journey through infertility and open adoption to mommyhood, and my adventures as a work-at-home writer & editor of books for young readers, wife to my college sweetheart, and above all, mom to one amazing baby boy.
Not Imitation Cheese
The R House: my name is mrs. r and i run the r house. i am a wife, a mother, an adoption advocate, a former third grade teacher, an aspiring photographer, a sunset lover, a runner, an adoption blogger, a survivor
Abundantly Blessed: The happenings of a Christ-loving, stay-at-home Mom to the three beautiful daughters. One by adoption and two home grown!
Eyes Wide Open: Reflections on an international open adoption, transracial adoption, and the journey to mommy-hood.
Everyday Brings a New Adventure: I am an adoptee, recently reunited with my birthfamilies, as well as an adoptive mother of two precious boys. Adoption is who I am.
The Adoptive Mother: I am an adoptive mother of five beautiful children who are all biologically related via the same birth mother. This blog tells our story and explores open adoption and the relationship between birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees.
Simple Perfect Life: Life beyond our profile. . . We are a family blessed with two beautiful open adoptions awaiting our third. Definitely not simple nor perfect, but simply, our life
Mama C and the Boys: Transracial domestic infant adoption by a single mom who adds a biracial donor conceived little brother to the the mix two years later, and writes about ALL of it. Humor, vulnerability, brotherhood, being an anti racist ally, full time teacher, writer and parent and the inspiration continues...
The Warrior Princess Diaries: I blog about my life as a daughter of the King. I'm an adopive mom and aunt, and an adult adoptee, and enjoy honest dialogue about adoption.
Pocket Full of Prose: Every day drama in the life of a creative artist, adoptive mother, stellar wife, and copywriter.
Surprised by Hope: We are a transracial adoptive family with a very open adoption with our daughter's first family. We love our relationship with them and we love sharing our journey with others who are considering open adoption and transracial adoption! Our lives have truly been blessed with the addition of our beautiful daughter!
Adoption A'int for Sissies: Our journey adopting our precious son through open kinship adoption.
The Night Kitchen: Thoughts on being a family through open adoption, and sometimes other things too.
Henry Street: Four miscarriages. Three failed IVFs. Two different sperm donors. One diagnosis of Balanced Translocation. We are now proud parents of a son via domestic infant semi-open adoption.
For the Love of Coco: After two biological children we knew we were missing someone...enter an incredible young woman who helped our family grown not but one little life, but with an entire family tree. Our adoption is categorized as transracial, open, and magical from the very beginning.
A+A Adopt a Baby: This is a blog about our experiences on the road to becoming parents through adoption. As a white couple who will most likely be adopting a non-white child, expect to see reflections on, and links to, discussions on transracial adoption, open adoption, race, culture, and parenting, as well as stories of all the other ups and downs that we face as we wait to meet our child.
Our Adoption Journey: This is our journey through the adoption process with plans for an open adoption. We became active on Friday, May 22, 2009. We continue to document our lives as we wait for "The Call".
How Am I Not Myself?: A blog about open adoption, waiting to be a mother, and other random thoughts.
Waiting for Bambino: We're anxiously awaiting our "bambino" through domestic infant adoption.
All Grown Up: After 3 years of infertility and three failed IVFs, we are actively waiting to be matched with a birth family and hoping to have an open adoption once we do get matched. We cannot wait to become parents and this space is mine to work through all the chaos until we do! Thanks for stopping by!
Gates Place: We are currently waiting to start our family through domestic open adoption! It has been a long road...we started the adoption journey in January 2007. After disappointment in an international program, our hearts were set on an open adoption where we wait today.
Barren By the Bay: A 40's something couple leaving fertility treatments behind to pursue domestic open adoption. We are celebrating becoming paper pregnant as of June 29, 2009. Now we are just waiting for our forever family to be completed.
Life and Adoption!: We are currently matched with a birthmom, due in February with a little boy!
Make Way: After years of infertility our lives are complete with the birth of our son, through domestic open adoption. We are now waiting to hopefully adopt our second child soon...
From You and Me to Family: Our prayers and hopes and observations of our travels on the journey to open adoption. We're waiting to be matched with a First Mom through Bethany Christian Services.
A Pea in Our Pod, Please: My husband and I always felt led to adopt children...we just assumed we would give birth first. God always has a plan! We tried for three years to get pregnant before we gave in to God and decided to adopt. We have been waiting for a baby since April of 2009.
The waiting is the hardest part: A thirty something happily married woman starting out on the unknown road of domestic open adoption.
Baby Mac... Where are you?: This blog chronicles our journey from infertility to domestic infant adoption.
And Baby Makes Four: A blog about our journey from infertility to open adoption and everything in between.
WiRED: I'm a metalsmith, wife, dog mom, project starter (and sometimes finisher!) I blog about our open adoption journey (which has only just begun), metalsmithing, and various other ramblings.
Waiting With Faith, Waiting For Our Miracle: A blog about our adoption journey through open adoption. Our ups, downs, and insights to all that we are experiencing.
I Can Haz Bebe?: Our journey through infertility to adoption. I try to akwardly balance humor and honest emotions while we make our way through a (surprise!) open adoption. Our son will be coming home around 11/22/09! :)
Hoping For Another Little One: We are a family of 3, hoping to become a family of 4. We have a biological son through IVF given multiple fertility issues. After another failed IVF cycle, we are moving onto domestic adoption, and this blog is about our journey, hopes and dreams to complete our family through open adoption.
karlinda: Vegan Brits living in the US, hoping to start our family soon through open adoption.
Adventures in Adoption: My husband & I eagerly await our first child to join the family through domestic open adoption! We've blogged about our year long journey since day one that the official process started. We've been waiting to be chosen by Birth parents since Jan. 2009. Join in the adventure!
Family of Two: The Adoption Chronicles: From infertility to domestic open adoption to ... hopefully... Parenthood.
Life {Sweet} Life: We are in the process of pursuing infant open domestic adoption. The more I learn about open adoption, the harder it is for me to imagine it any other way.
The Adoption Rollercoaster: Our journey through domestic adoption.
Life. Family. Adoption.: Random thoughts on life, family and our journey to adoption. With a side of dish cupcakes and Diet Coke.
Adventures in Adoption: The roller coaster ride from start, to middle, to right now of our open domestic adoption process. Then throw in some life, love, laughter, tears, poems, the Muppets, dogs, cats, family, friends, venting, sharing, the man's point of view from time to time, and just getting through it all with dignity and my sense of humor intact. Plus, I like to share adoption resources with others! Adoption is my passion!
3 Boys and Adoption!?!: We have 3 biological boys. We hope to be adding a daughter into the mix by open domestic adoption.
Graceful Beatings: We are currently fostering our baby girl through the foster system in hopes of adopting her soon.
Giving What I Am: My blog is based on service. I talk about everything positive. I am an open advocate for adoption and want to help others network themselves to find situations to adopt. I also do adoption consulting.
{blessed} to adopt: Our thoughts along the journey and blessing of adoption. Focused on openness, transracial families, and living a multicultural, international life!
Life is simple:it's just not easy: A journey to becoming mommy and daddy.
Dave and Jen's Adoption Journey: We are prospective adoptive parents who are home study approved and waiting to be matched. We live in Orlando and have been married for 11 years. Dave's family was built through adoption and we're excited to build ours through adoption.
Making Our Family Complete: We are a family of four hoping to be a family of five in the future. We have started our journey to make our family complete through the domestic adoption of a baby girl.
The Egg Drop Post: After trying to get pregnant for many years, my partner and I are now pursuing domestic open adoption.
Baby Wanted: I'm a happily married, childless mother (I've had four miscarriages) who is looking to bring her first baby home through adoption.
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: I am a 36 yr. old kindergarten teacher. After struggling for three years with infertility we are in the process of adopting. I hope this will be the story of how we became a family.
Our Journey to Parenthood: A fun and easy way to education our family and friends about our adoption journey and everything we are learning along the way!
Julie's Scribbles: I blog about everything, but since we're awaiting our little boy's arrival in April via domestic adoption our excitement/feelings/trepidation over his arrival tends to be my focus!
I Want To Be A Mummy: I am over thirty but under forty, my husband is the same. We have been married for almost ten years and trying to be parents for just over six. It is three years since we found out that having children would be difficult if not impossible, two years since IVF and four months since we approached our adoption agency. I want to be a mummy is my adoption diary.
ADOPTION PROFESSIONALS
Eyes Opened Wider: My blog is a record of my time as a social worker and the lessons I'm learning along the way. I work in Child Welfare and am interested in ALL THINGS family preservation, foster care, and adoption related.
RESOURCE SITES
Open Adoption SupportOpen Adoption Insight
