Putting My Baby Up for Adoption: What is Your Semi-Open Adoption Story?
Every story is unique. We all have stories of our own. However, some may not be as grandiose as the latest Hollywood blockbuster or New York Times bestseller novel. The stories of our lives might seem more mundane at a glance, but in reality, they’re so much bigger than that. This is how Hannah Young felt after coming to Adoption Choices of Arizonafor help in figuring out her adoption process. Now, after working with us, she has quite a story to tell in her experience with the adoption process and how our adoption agency was able to help her along her adoption journey. This is Hannah’s semi-open adoption story.
Beginning the Adoption Process
Hannah’ssemi-open adoption storybegins like every other adoption story, with a pregnant woman looking for help. She was a single woman living in Arizona who found herself unexpectedly pregnant, just as she was preparing to make some major progress in her career. Hannah didn’t think she could raise a child with her current life situation, as her tiny apartment and pending career move presented huge challenges to raising a child. After deciding on adoption, she got to work finding someone who could help her out. That’s when she found Adoption Choices of Arizona.
Deciding on a Semi-Open Adoption
Adoption Choices of Arizonaoffered Hannah many different services and resources that could help her out on her adoption journey. They helped her fill out all of the necessary paperwork to start the adoption process. They offered to help her relocate to a safer, more comfortable housing unit if necessary during the pregnancy. An adoption caseworker was even able to sit Hannah down and talk to her about the many different options available for her particular adoption, which is where she learned about semi-open adoption.
Semi-open adoption is when a birth mother remains anonymous to the adoptive family of her choice and vice versa, so no identifying information is ever exchanged between them. However, the birth mother can still communicate with the adoptive family and her child through a mediated third party, such as an adoption agency.
Hannah found semi-open adoption to be an extremely favorable option that suited all of her needs. Hannah wanted to maintain some privacy in her life but didn’t want to entirely separate herself from her child after completing the adoption process. Adoption Choices of Arizona’s semi-open adoption allowed her to maintain her individual anonymity while still giving her the means to communicate with both the adoptive family and her child in the future if she wanted.
She got to choose her child’s adoptive family and was more than happy with the amount of control she had over the adoption process, thanks to her adoption agency. She made the final preparations and adjustments to her adoption plan and followed through with it, and before she knew it, her baby was born, and she was ready to finalize the adoption process.
After Putting Her Child Up for Adoption
Although the adoption process was finalized, Hannah’s semi-open adoption storydoesn’t end there. Thanks to Adoption Choices of Arizonagiving her the ability to communicate with the adoptive family with privacy and information in mind, she is able to keep up with how her child is now doing. Hannah returned to work soon after and continued on her career path while remaining emotionally invested in what her child was doing from a healthy distance. Her adoption agency was able to help her gain peace of mind and emotional security in what was otherwise a challenging and stressful situation.
How To Begin Your Own Semi-Open Adoption Story
This is just one woman’s semi-open adoption story, but it mirrors the real-life journeys that many birth mothers go through. If you find yourself in a position similar to Hannah’s, where you want to place your child up for adoption for any reason, then call Adoption Choices of Arizonatoday. We’ll be more than happy to start working with you on a personalized adoption plan, just like Hannah’s, that incorporates everything you need to have a positive and comfortable adoption experience. We can discuss what type of adoption you would like to have, semi-open or otherwise, and figure out what your next steps are moving forward. Adoption Choices of Arizonawants to help you, so don’t hesitate to contact us as soon as possible!
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 1-480-900-5520 or visit us at Adoption Choices of Arizona.
For adoption resources or to begin your adoption journey, birth parents can visit us at Adoption Choices of Arizona or call or text us at 1-480-900-5520. If you are an prospective adoptive family hoping to adopt a baby, please instead, visit us here!
Meet the Author: Josh Drogemuller is a Senior at Grand Valley State University and has interests in writing and digital studies. A relative newcomer to the field of professional writing, Josh has spent the last eight years of his educational career honing his skills on the page. Josh is currently working towards a Bachelor of Science in Writing.
Living in the Midwest, Josh looks forward to long baseball games and longer sentences.
