I thought I couldn’t either…

If you are a birth mother that’s involved in a post placement, hopefully you are beginning to make peace with your decision. If you’re in involved in an open adoption, you realized the family you chose was a great a fit for your child. For some birth moms they gain more family through the adoptive…

Reasons To Choose Or Not To Choose Adoption

Deciding whether to parent or make an adoption plan can be a difficult decision. There are many factors that play into finding the right fit for your situation. Am I financially ready to parent? Will my family & friends support my decision? Better yet, does my partner support the idea of adoption? These are all…

Secret Revealed: What Women are Looking for in Adoption Profiles

"What are women really looking for when choosing from adoption profiles?" Finally, the secret is revealed by adoption social workers from watching families get picked over the past 30 years.

November Book Reviews

All books purchased by clicking the link in our review or going to our bookstore (see tab above) will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com.   Planning Parenthood: Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy by Rebecca Clark, Gloria Richard-Davis, Jill Hayes, Michelle Murphy & Katherine Pucheu Theall - This is a great book…

October Book Reviews

All books purchased by clicking the link in our review or going to our bookstore (see tab above) will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com.   This is US: The New All-American Family by David Marin - David Marin is funny, insightful, passionate and persistent. As a single, man he adopted three young, bi-cultural children, it…

What Do Birth Parents See As Important When Choosing Adoptive Parents?

Social workers are often asked “what is the most common reason a birthmother chooses a particular adoptive parent or couple?” The answer to that question is as wide-ranging as the women working with AFTH. It may be based on professions or hobbies, where they live, how they spoke about open adoption in their profile, the…

October Book Reviews

All books purchased by clicking the link in our review will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com.  If you are interested in purchasing one of the books in our review please consider buying it through our link to amazon.com. Why I'm So Special: A Book About Surrogacy by Carla Louis Long - Why I'm…

Open Adoption: On Family’s Story

"So which one is the mother?" the questioner was most persistent.  There we sat, my husband, my daughter, and her birth mom.  We were eating lunch together during one of the pre-arranged meetings we'd agreed upon as we worked together to create an adoption plan before my daughter was even born.  "I am," I answered,…

January Book Reviews

All reviewed books are available in our branch offices or in our online store. The Best For Your by Kelsey Stewart    Written by a birth mother this book offers a perspective that no other children's adoption book offers.  The view of the the birth mothers.  This heart warming book is aimed to help children…

Bringing Adoptive Families Together

November is National Adoption Month.  It is supposed to be a month to celebrate how adoption has touched the lives of all the people involved in the adoption process and also to bring families together.  Unfortunately,  we have started to notice a disturbing trend  of segregation within the adoption community.  With so many different ways…