Birth Mom Stories

Our Journey I am a birth father, this is the story of my wife’s and my adoption journey. We had been together 17 years. We had a 12 year old son. Then while at the E.R. my wife learned she was pregnant. That is when our world was turned upside down. We knew we did…

Hi there! My name is Cassie. I am 39 years old and I am a birth mom. I have 6 children total. My oldest 4 (ages 20, 17, 14,and 11) were adopted in 2007. At the time they were 10, 7, 4 and 1. Before I share the rest of my story, let me say…

“Open adoption was one of the toughest/smartest decisions I have ever made.. I love watching my daughter grow and seeing how adored she is with her adoptive family.. I love knowing she is with the most loving people and living better than I could have raised her at this point in my life. I am…

-Lived and Written by Vanessa Skinner <3 “Never in a million years did I ever think that I will be put in a position to have to put one of my children up for adoption. Unfortunately things happen in life that you can’t control and I found myself pregnant and I could not raise another child.…

March of 2014 was probably one of the lowest times in my life. I had just found out that the guy I had been dating and living with for the past 8 months had basically been cheating on me the whole time. I, of course, broke up with him but couldn’t afford to kick him…

Roanne’s Story -Lived and Written By Roanne Olsen. <3 I placed my birth son into an open adoption 18 years ago. Our experience has been amazing. We worked hard at our relationship. I met his parents a couple of months before my birth son was born. I knew his mom was meant to be his mom…

Melissa’s Adoption Story -As Lived and Written by Melissa “On February of 1998, I found out I was pregnant by an older man that I had met at my job. At that time, I was a newly divorced single mother of a two-year-old boy, and working two jobs to make ends meet. After my divorce,…

Callie’s Adoption Story – As Lived and Written By Callie Jett Whether you are a first time mother or have had children before, I want to congratulate you on your new baby! Maybe you have never heard that said to you about your pregnancy. But whether you have or have not, it’s truly something to…