The Adoption Process for Birth Mothers

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This form is for pregnant women or women with children wanting to begin the adoption process.
To adopt a child into your home, please click here. If you live outside of the U.S., please click here.

What if my child is already born or I’m at the hospital?

The adoption at birth process works differently than an adoption planned during pregnancy. Follow the link that describes your situation to learn more about the adoption process in more detail.

How will Lifetime Adoption help me with the adoption process?

The adoption process at Lifetime Adoption Agency includes peer support. These are conversations with former birth parents who made the loving choice of adoption. We also have a number of resources including blogs and videos to help you if you’re considering adoption.

An important part of the process includes an adoption plan. There are a lot of things to consider when you’re looking into adoption. An adoption plan is a thoughtful roadmap that helps you figure out all of the specifics about your unique adoption situation.

You may choose to focus on finding an adoptive family. We have many families waiting to adopt a child. You can review hopeful adoptive parents from across the country who have all gone through background checks and are ready to adopt. Your coordinator will help you narrow down your choices based on your preferences.

You may want to discuss how much, if any, contact you’d like to have with your baby and your baby’s new family. This is one of the wonderful things about open adoption. This agreement with the adopting family will allow you to stay a part of your child’s life.

Finally, you can also decide what happens at the hospital. Choose who will be in the delivery room and how much time you want to spend with the newborn after delivery.

It’s all up to you! These are just a few of the considerations of the adoption planning process.

Every woman has questions about the adoption process, including how it works and what are the steps to adoption. Lifetime Adoption has been working with people considering adoption since 1986. We have almost 40 years of experience and we’ll be with you every step of the way.

To speak privately about how to start the adoption process, please call or text us anytime at 1-800-923-6784. All services are free to you, confidential, and you are under no obligation to choose adoption.