Adoption Stories

Adoption stories from mothers who placed their baby for adoption. Learn more about adoption from the unique perspective of mothers who have lovingly chosen to create an adoption plan.

I thank American Adoptions for making my decision easy and helping me through the whole process. They are truly God-sent and everyone that works for them.

My decision for adoption was possibly one of the hardest decisions I've ever made. I am a mother of four children...

Adoption has been such a positive experience for me and I couldn't have gotten through it without Megan and everyone else at American Adoptions. I would recommend it to anyone...

I was five months pregnant with my second child and abortion was not an option. We were behind on our rent and utilities; at one point our gas was shut off. We were even scrounging for food. This is when I decided to contact American Adoptions.

Let me tell you about my story. My name is Kara and on November 18th 2005, I gave birth to a beautiful little boy, who would be named Eli. I came to American Adoptions about 6 months into my pregnancy, homeless and afraid, and they immediately helped me by sending me some families to choose from. I picked John and Shanna, because they, like me, were from the south, and i knew my baby would grow up with the same values that I had.

I found out I was pregnant with my 2nd child two weeks after my son turned 1 year old.

That's when I realized I could give this baby a good life.

How could I give up a child that I carried for nine months and gave birth to? What would my baby think of me as she got older? These are some of the questions I was asking myself as I was trying to make the hardest and best decision of my life.