Hi there and thank you for taking the time to read my story and if you think you can help me in any way it would mean so much to me and my family. My parents when they were both around seventeen years old had a baby girl who was born on March 2nd 1972 in Ontario Canada at a hospital in Mississauga that at the time was called South Peel. At the time their parents didn't feel they were in a place to look after her and as devastating as it was were convinced to give their child up for adoption, which still breaks their hearts to this day, I can't tell you how many times all of us have cried talk ..read more

I am 21 years old, currently sitting at the hospital with my 2 day old newborn baby. I have had an adoption couple in consideration the last 2 months. I have two other kids with my oldest being 4, and have done it alone all years of motherhood. Doing everything by myself, without the oldest father never helping. I have full custody with both of my other kids(due to both fathers not being there to sign the birth certificate or even putting the effort into do paternity). The last 8 and a half months of being pregnant, it was rough. The first three months they were calling it a threatened miscar ..read more

hi birth mom here of twin boys! i went through an open adoption process with the most amazing adoptive family. seriously, we couldnt of found a more amazing family to adopt the boys. last mother’s day i wasn’t working, and while i got her a card, i didn’t get the adoptive mom a gift. now come this years mother’s day i am working and have the money to get her a gift and im completely at a loss on what to get! last year she got me a necklace with the boys first letter of their names and their birthday on it two little charms i absolutely love. i want to do something similar but not just seeming ..read more

About 6 months ago, my partner and I were matched with a 16yo girl. We started with virtual visits then in person then off campus then weekend visits and now she's living with us. She's been with us just a couple of weeks. A couple of days ago, she confessed to me that she's attracted to me (F40) and wants to have sex with me. She has never expressed these feelings towards my partner (M51), and she doesn't behave that way towards him. Her physical interactions with him are much more akin to what I would expect of a typical parent/teen relationship-- pats on the shoulder, side hugs, nose boops ..read more

My husband and I have put an application forward to adopt a sibling group. While we don’t know how long the decision process will be, we are hopeful. To prepare us for welcoming children into our home, I would like to start budgeting for things they will need. My list so far includes - bed + mattress - desk + chair - dresser - clothing + shoes + jackets - school supplies - sheets and towels - toiletries I know I’m missing a lot but if anyone has suggestions on how much we should budget for placement time that would be much appreciated. We have medical and dental care, so that piece is luckily ..read more

I'll try and make this straight and to the point. My wife and I have been married for 10 years. When we met she had a 1 year old daughter, and they moved in with me when she was 18 months old. Even before I stepped into the picture, my daughters biological father was never in the picture. Shortly after getting married I asked my wife if I could adopt her daughter, and we both decided that it would be a wonderful idea. Part of the adoption process involved reaching out to bio dad to relinquish his parental rights, and he did so with no hesitation. Long story short, my daughter is about to turn ..read more

Hello, I need some advice for my adoptive sister. Some background: last year she had a hiccup. She was running away, messing with guys, always picking a fight with us. We had the police at our house almost everyday. She was dating this kid who kept making her do these things. And we had to get a restraining order on him because we was threatening us and she did not take that lightly. Made her very angry. Couple of months went by we were back to normal. She recently got a job. We were all very proud and she seemed very excited. But I feel like her having a job is slowly making her return back ..read more

Hey, I was adopted from Russia in 2007, I just looked through my birth records for the first time ever. I was curious because I was hoping to find some information on my birth mom. The only document that would've had her name but it was blanked out was my birth certificate. submitted by /u/kostyacookie [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi! I, first do want to say that I apologize for this topic- its a bit heavy, and if it's inappropriate for this sub-reddit, please, please let me know. I'm an adult adoptee from birth (m 26) and I've had a pretty good life with it all, I'd say. me and my adoptive parents haven't always gotten along and there were definitely some struggles, but i wouldn't say i regret being adopted. i was from a closed adoption and knew very little about my bio parents until i was a teen, although, still pretty limited since it was closed. I've never had any interest in meeting up with them. I only had a pict ..read more

Hello! I have a distant cousin (we have the same great -grandparents) who was adopted from Ethiopia around the age of 5 maybe 6ish. she has a slightly older sister who remembers her and managed to find the name of her adoptive parents. Her sister wants to contact her but asked my dad to ask me to make initial contact as we are the same age, and both grew up/ live in the states. She wants to let my cousin know that her sister has been looking for her and to pass along her sister's contact info so she can contact her sister on her own time (or decide if she wants to at all). This is of course a ..read more