Give Up My Baby

Next time you are speaking with a member of an adoption circle try to remove give up from your vocabulary.

Give up my baby.

The assumption is that if you are willing to give your child up you must lack empathy or mental health or some other important quality. Creating a new bedtime routine with stories extra cuddles and a new lovey can build a warm comforting environment that makes the transition easier for your child. Reread the definitions of give up and. Even if he rejects the cup and cries for the bottle you should avoid giving a bottle or it will confuse him and make it harder to get him to give it up in the long run.

When adoption is chosen it s because a mother believes she can give her baby whatever is needed to succeed placing her baby with a family who can provide what she cannot. I did not give up or give away. Love and prayer surrounded him before he was born. Thank you so much for support you have given me though this time of need.

One of the reasons to give your baby up for adoption is that you may simply not feel strongly connected to the pregnancy you re carrying and that s okay. Most women today choose open adoption where they make an agreement with their child s adoptive parents to maintain contact and develop a lasting relationship. You give up when something is too hard not when you sacrifice so your child can have more. If that s the case take heart knowing you are not giving up your baby.

Because of this it s crucial that when a pregnant woman is looking for information about how to give up her baby she receives correct information about the process of making. If an expectant mother says i am thinking about putting my child up for adoption it is showing that she desires to make a plan for her child. All adoption plans are unique because the people involved birthparents children and adoptive parents have varying needs and desires. Women often say give up my baby for adoption or put up my baby for adoption those words do not do justice to her sacrifice and gift of life and love.

You still care about your unborn baby and want to give him or her a happy healthy start to life. No one gave up on him. I gave my baby more. At a moment in life when she may feel weaker than ever she shows courage by considering a life giving decision for her child despite what that may mean for her future.

I was kind of upset when i got home from the hospital but i think with time it will get easier. Giving up my baby was hard but they were there for me all the way.