Why choosing adoption is free for birth mothers

Having a baby in the United States often ranks as one of the biggest medical expenses many people will ever experience. While everything from a new maternity wardrobe to the increase in food pregnant women buy factors in to the cost of having a baby, the medical expenses by far outweigh all others. The average cost of giving birth to a baby in a hospital is $10,000. If a Caesarian section becomes necessary - which now accounts for 30 percent of all births - the cost easily doubles to $20,000 or more.

While certainly not the only factor, financial difficulties often play a major role in the choice to choose an alternative to parenting.

By definition, facing an unplanned pregnancy means that you have not been able to prepare for the birth of a child, as couples who plan conception have had the opportunity to do - and even then, many say in retrospect that nothing can truly prepare you for the cost and experience of raising a child.

Regardless, American Adoptions firmly believes that an inability to pay for all having a baby entails should never, ever be the deciding factor between whether a baby lives, or is aborted.

As a birth mother, adoption will cost you nothing … absolutely nothing. Your medical expenses are covered, and you have the right to request living expenses. Depending on the laws in your state, you may be eligible for expenses related to the birth of your baby. Once you begin talking to an adoption specialist, you can find out more.

Adoptive couples accepted into American Adoptions' program share several characteristics: they want a child more than anything else in this world, are financially stable and comprise a two-parent household.

With the decision or ability to become natural parents, adoptive couples would be responsible for all of these costs, and know this. Adoptive families join American Adoptions with the conviction that, when they have the honor of being chosen by a birth mother, she is giving them the most loving, priceless gift imaginable: her baby. Adoptive parents know that the choice to place a baby for adoption may be one of the most difficult decisions a mother will ever make. Adoptive parents know it also means she loves her baby more than anything, but for whatever reason - be it financial or another circumstance - simply cannot give her baby the type of life she always dreamed of.

Why, then, would a birth mother be expected to cover these costs herself, despite her financial inability, and the selfless, greatest gift she is giving the adoptive couple?

Think about it. Adoption costs you nothing, and in many cases, American Adoptions will help you with your life's expenses during your pregnancy. While the average monetary cost of an abortion is $500, the emotional cost of ending a baby's life is unending. When you choose to place your baby for adoption, you are not only giving an amazing life to your baby, but giving a family who wants nothing more than the most amazing gift you will ever give.

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