025 Twin Adoption Vlog – Homeward Bound
This is the twenty fifth installment in the Twin Adoption Vlog. Finally we’re going home with the twins to begin our lives as a family!
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Posts Tagged ‘BIRTHMOTHER’
Open Adoption
June 12, 2010
Open Adoption
May 28, 2010
Adoption Triad Members discuss “Openness”.
Panel Q&A with audience on “Openness in Private Adoption
May 3, 2010
Dear Birthmother 1.wmv
I talk about our desire to adopt a child, and give you some info about us, about open Adoption, and the Independent Adoption Center (IAC).
Links:
Us: http://www.paganoadoption.org
Independent Adoption Center: http://www.adoptionhelp.org
IAC’s IHeartAdoption site (family info): http://www.iheartadoption.org
Oh, and our own info:
Email: michelleandsteve at mindspring dot com
Phone toll-free: 877-301-7740
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Open Adoption
April 15, 2010
Open Adoption Persuasive Speech
We were given the assignment of a persuasive speech. Since I am a birthmother, I chose to do mine on open Adoption. This is the class presentation, which needs more practice to be smoother, but I wanted to post what I had.
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Open Adoption
April 7, 2010
jenna’s blanket – art project 09
While pregnant with my daughter I began crocheting a blanket to give her, pouring my heart and soul into it so that she would have it with her when I could not be. I finished her blanket nearly a year after she left me to be with her new family, and I mailed it to the prearranged post office box her parents had set up so that I could send her letters and poems, and also so that they could mail me pictures and updates on how she was doing, as per our open adoption agreement.
A lot of love and sentiment went into the creation of that blanket, I made it with my own hands, and when it was finished, it was large enough to cover a queen size bed. It was pink and white, and made with whisper soft yarn. I began making a blanket for myself as a remembrance item, but in all this time I havent been able to finish it. It is done in the same pattern I used for Jennas blanket, but it is a small beginning that I cannot bear to complete.
For my performance I will cut this blanket into pieces as a representation of the pain and loss I felt all over again when it became apparent to me that I would no longer have any contact with my daughter and her family because they had closed the post office box with no notice, and no explanation.
With this piece, I want to express the range of emotions that a birth mother experiences, including tremendous feelings of grief, loss, pain, anger, hope, and especially and most importantly Love. Specifically, I want to portray the feelings that occur when an adoptive mother gives her child to a family with the understanding and concurrence of an open adoption, but is then cut off from any contact in knowing how her child is doing and growing up.
Theorists differ in their beliefs about how Open Adoption arrangements may affect birthmother grief. Some believe that open arrangements may help facilitate healthy adjustment to grief and loss while others argue that open adoptions are more difficult than confidential adoptions for the birth mother. Some believe that in open adoptions, birthmothers cannot adequately grieve over placing their children because there is no closure, and therefore open adoptions may not be the best option. The contrasting argument is that the relationships between birthmothers and adoptive families in fully disclosed adoptions mediate the experience of grief. They view openness as a process that allows a birthmother to confront her grief over the loss of the Parenting role and to work through it in a supportive environment, which includes the adoptive parents and the child.
~ Openness in Adoption, Grotevant & McRoy, 1998 ~
I want this performance to bring awareness of birth mother issues out in a very social way. I would like tit to represent so many things, including the breaking of the bond between birthmother and child, as well as the bond with the adoptive family. I aspire for this piece to symbolize the breaking down of social norms regarding adoption and the way that the birthmother is so often disregarded once the adoption is complete. Adoption is indeed a complex and emotional process, and it does not end for the birthmother once her child leaves her, for it will always carry on in her heart and soul.
Song is ‘Apocalyptica’ by Three Days Grace (which I do not own)
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Open Adoption
March 23, 2010
020 Twin Adoption Vlog – Twins Together
This is the twentieth installment in the Twin Adoption Vlog. Open cribs for all & the twins co-bed together. No more IV’s.
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Open Adoption
March 21, 2010
Canada Adoption – Ontario, Canada Adoptive Parent Profiles from Adoption Connections
Adoption in Canada – Ontario adoptive parents. Many of whom desire an Open Adoption. If you are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy in Canada read full adoption profiles and find Canadian adoptive parents for your baby at http://www.adoptionconnections.ca
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Private Adoption
March 17, 2010
I Heart Adoption TV Commercial
iheartadoption.org is a website featuring birthmothers who have placed their babies in Open Adoptions with the Independent Adoption Center. These real-life testimonials are meant to encourage women experiencing unplanned pregnancies to consider open Adoption.
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Open Adoption
March 8, 2010
A Birthmom’s Story
Birthmom in an open Open Adoption
March 2, 2010
Adoption Parents Profile ~ Bart & Patricia
We’re very excited to post this video. This video is meant for birthmothers that are considering Open Adoption and are in the process of finding the right adoptive family. This video is about where we come from and what we are all about. We hope you’ll enjoy our video and we wish you the best!
We can be reached any time by email pab@sweetciastko.com.
Please visit our website for additional information: www.sweetciastko.com
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