Adoption Stories

Testimonials from American Adoptions families.

Personal stories of adoption from parents and families who have brought their family together through the joy of adoption. Learn more about their experiences, thoughts, and happiness in choosing adoption.

After many years of infertility and five cycles of in-vitro fertilization, Kevin and I realized that forming our family either biologically or through adoption were one in the same. The end result would be a wonderful family and the answer to our many hopes and dreams for our future.

My husband and I had been married almost two years when we decided to start our family. We knew that it may not have been possible to have children naturally, as I have had diabetes for 27 years. We went to the doctor and not really to our surprise, she suggested we look into adoption. That is pretty much the answer we expected to hear from her, so we were ok with it. Actually, we were very excited about it.

We will continue to tell our daughter the wonderful story of her birth mother's selfless love and God's sovereignty. Our baby is a true blessing, and we thank the Lord, our birth mother, all our friends and family, and American Adoptions for allowing us to experience the best job of a lifetime - being parents...

We are also among many adoptive parents who would not have thought open adoption would be right for us. But the increasingly open nature of our son's adoption is a part of our unique story that we wouldn't change for anything, and we hope that by sharing it, we might help other prospective adoptive parents shape a happy adoption story for their own families.

Keith and I are so blessed to have our son A.J. It is because of our wonderful experience adopting him through American Adoptions, that I am now an Adoptive Family Specialist for the agency. If you have any questions about the adoption process please contact 1-800-ADOPTION or email jenny_s@americanadoptions.com. I would love to talk to you.

We want to thank American Adoptions for all your hard work and professionalism. I would tell anyone who is planning to adopt to do their homework, research, interview and soul search and then call American Adoptions.

The second I saw our little girl she grabbed my finger & I knew I was supposed to be her mommy!! I suddenly understood why everything happened in the 3 years before, it was because God meant for the 3 of us to be a family.

We feel like we won the lottery!!!! We were chosen so quickly after joining the agency and we were given the most perfectly beautiful gift that we could have ever hoped for.....WoW! Thanks to you and everyone at American Adoptions who assisted us with the adoption process. The experience was so positive that we sing the praises of American Adoptions to anyone who will listen. We have recommended American Adoptions to other folks who are planning to adopt.

First we wanted to thank all the people at American Adoptions who helped us with our adoption process. They helped make our adoption process a very rewarding experience. Specifically we would like to thank Laurie Walker and Sarah Anderson. After having a successful adoption we thought it would be a good idea to share it with the waiting adoptive families so they could see that all their efforts and waiting will eventually result in a wonderful adopted baby.

Thank you so much! Through your help we have adopted an absolutely gorgeous baby girl. We would never have imagined the process of open adoption could be this fabulous and rewarding of an experience. We both feel that even if we could have children on our own, we could not have made such a perfect and glorious baby. This is beyond our highest expectations. What American Adoptions helped provide us is beyond measure.