Blog About Adoption
Welcome to Lifetime Adoption’s blog about adoption. Lifetime Adoption is a domestic adoption agency with almost 40 years of experience creating families through infant adoption. We specialize in domestic adoption, which generally involves adopting a newborn or child up to six. As one of the top adoption agencies in America, we’ve made the dreams of parenthood come true for thousands of couples across the nation.
Our founder, Mardie Caldwell, established Lifetime after experiencing the joy of parenthood through adoption. Caldwell designed Lifetime’s successful adoption program to be what she needed when adopting her son. Almost 40 years later, her successful adoption program guides families through each step of the adoption process, educating and preparing hopeful adoptive parents for their Lifetime Adoption. Caldwell is also an adoption author; she has written six books and created this blog about adoption.
Open adoption is the most common type of domestic adoption today. In a modern open adoption, the birth parents select the adoptive parents for their baby. They view profiles and talk with adoptive couples before making their choice. After the adoption placement, there is usually some form of contact, from sharing pictures and supplying updates on the child to in-person visits once a year. Both the birth parents and the adoptive parents come to an agreement about what the post-adoption contact will be. You can learn much more about what open adoption looks like by browsing our adoption website.
After deciding that they’d like to expand their family through adoption, most hopeful adoptive parents start prioritizing financial planning, researching adoption agencies, and reading up on open adoption. Lifetime’s blog about adoption covers all aspects of open adoption.
Adoption can give you the family you’ve been praying for. It can be the most incredible journey and give you the greatest of blessings: a child of your own. As a hopeful adoptive parent, you’re able to provide a child with a happy, loving home. Read our adoptive families blog about adoption and get info on birth parents, what to expect in open adoption, adoption costs, and how to enjoy your adoption journey.
To start with domestic adoption, you can complete our free application on our adoption website today. If you have questions, give us a call at 727-493-0933 and speak with one of Lifetime’s adoption professionals.
What if There Are Two Types of Adoption in One Family?
Open adoption arrangements vary from situation to situation. They can range from sharing little information to having a lot of future contact and involvement. As you embark on this path, it’s important to recognize that each adoption is unique, especially for open...
Ohio Adoption Grant Explained
At Lifetime, we understand that the expenses of adoption can be a barrier for many couples in Ohio who are called to provide a loving home for a child in need. We believe that financial constraints should not prevent these couples from adopting. Our goal is to...
Adopting a Newborn from the Hospital
What to Expect and How to Prepare The best day of your adoption process is here. After completing paperwork, going through the home study, and waiting – it's time to meet your baby! Adopting a newborn from the hospital is often the most anticipated event in an...
All I Want for Christmas Is a Baby
The holidays often emphasize the longing to add a child to a family. You may even hold back every time someone close to you asks, "what do you want for Christmas this year?" Everything in you may be screaming, "All I want for Christmas is a baby!" yet you compose...
What is a Birth Mother Like?
Many hopeful adoptive parents wonder what typical birth mothers are like. They worry about speaking with a birth mom or biological mother on the phone because they don't know what to expect. How old are most birth mothers? Why are they choosing adoption?...
10 Tips for Your First Conversation with a Birth Mother
Once a birth mother decides she’d like to chat with you for the first time, you might be both ecstatic and terrified. What do you say? What should you ask? How much is too much? You want to make a good first impression, but will your nerves get the better of...
