Adoption in Tampa, Florida: Help for Pregnant Women Considering Adoption
If you’re pregnant in Tampa and unsure what to do next, you are not alone. Lifetime Adoption can help you understand your options, choose an adoptive family, make a hospital plan, and get support before and after placement.
Adoption in Tampa, Florida: Help for Pregnant Women Considering Adoption
If you’re pregnant in Tampa and unsure what to do next, you are not alone. Lifetime Adoption can help you understand your options, choose an adoptive family, make a hospital plan, and get support before and after placement.
Thinking About Adoption in Tampa? Here’s What to Know
- Adoption is always free for women placing their baby for adoption.
- You can choose the adoptive family.
- You may be able to receive help with pregnancy-related expenses.
- You can decide the level of contact after adoption.
- You can make an adoption plan during pregnancy or at the hospital.
- You can talk to someone 24/7 without pressure.
How Adoption Works in Tampa
- Contact Lifetime Adoption (Use the text icon in the lower right)
- Talk through your options.
- Search waiting adoptive families.
- Choose the family, if you want to.
- Create your hospital plan.
- Complete legal steps after birth.
- Decide if you want to have contact with your child afte the adoption and how often.
- Receive post-placement support.
To start, call or text Lifetime Adoption or fill out our online contact form. An adoption coordinator will contact you to talk about your options.
If there are any resources you need for your adoption within Tampa FL, your adoption coordinator will help you connect with them, such as the Healthy Start Program that ensures you access to prenatal care and other services. You may need a Tampa Bay doctor for prenatal care, and maybe a way to get there, your coordinator can make it happen.
What You Can Expect from Lifetime Adoption
At Lifetime Adoption, you will receive:
- Adoptive parents to choose from that all have completed background checks and a home study.
- 24-hour help and support
- Continued support during and after your delivery and adoption
- Peer and professional counseling
- Help with pregnancy-related expenses (as your state allows)
- Toiletries, maternity clothes, and other essential items you may need
- And much more!
Adoption Counseling in Tampa
Connecting with another woman who has placed a child for adoption can be very helpful. She may be able to answer many of your questions and you may want to hear what the experience was like for her. While her story may be different, she will understand how you feel and what concerns you may have. For instance, you may want to know how she told her mom or told the birth father. You may wonder how she picked a family for her baby. Our peer counselors are happy to share their adoption journeys.
Maternity Hospitals in Tampa
- When you give birth, who would you like to be present in the room?
- Would you like the adoptive parents to be at the hospital?
- Would you like to hold your baby or feed your baby or not?
- If you want to hold your baby, who would you like in the room with you, or would you like to be alone?
- Would you like to leave the hospital before or after the adoptive family leaves with the baby?
Your adoption coordinator will create a plan for you and share this with the adoptive parents and the hospital. She will make sure that all goes as you would like it to at the delivery time.
If you are in Tampa, the hospitals with labor and delivery services are:
Wherever you decide to give birth, we can work with you and the hospital. Even if you are traveling out of state when you go into labor or give birth at home, our coordinators have dealt with all of these situations are prepared to be there for you.
More Helpful Resources for Pregnant Women in Tampa
If you are homeless or you are in a domestic violence situation, it is important to find safe housing. Here are some local resources for women’s shelters in Tampa and the surrounding area:
If you are a pregnant woman or mother of young children and are struggling with hunger, you are eligible for the WIC program. WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children and provides an EBT card to purchase healthy food such as cheese, milk, whole grains, eggs, vegetables, and fruit. They will also provide referrals for local services. Learn more by visiting their website:
You may be struggling with addiction, and getting into a treatment program would be healthy for you and your baby. This is important because if you are pregnant, suddenly stopping using drugs can be dangerous. There are treatment options, even if you are addicted to prescription drugs or opiates. Lifetime can help you find a treatment center that offers counseling in addition to medications (like methadone and suboxone). These help you slowly wean off the opiates in a safe manner. Here are a few resources in Tampa:
If you need other resources, a Lifetime Adoption coordinator will provide confidential assistance, no matter what you are dealing with in your life. We can help with maternity clothes, prenatal care, pregnancy verification, transportation, rent, and more. Call or text today.
Other Paths to Adoption in Tampa
In addition to the foster care option, relative or kinship adoption may also be possible. You may have a family member, who is generally blood-related to the child, that would like to adopt your child. This can work out to be a good solution, but take the time to really talk about what this type of adoption will look like for everyone involved. Kinship adoption can come with its own set of challenges. Sometimes the reality of day-to-day parenting is more than your relative is prepared for. They may believe they are just helping out for a time, or there could be some interaction and boundary issues.
Carefully think about which type of adoption will work best for you and your child. A Lifetime adoption coordinator will help you understand the pros and cons of these different options.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I place my baby for adoption in Tampa?
You can call or text Lifetime Adoption anytime to ask questions, learn about your options, view waiting families, and find out about support during and after the adoption. Start here to get help without any commitment.
Is adoption free for birth mothers in Florida?
Yes, adoption is free to you if you are placing a baby.
Can I choose the adoptive family?
Yes, Lifetime Adoption has waiting families from all over the country. You can search for families by qualities that are important to you and even contact the family if you want.
Can I choose the adoptive family?
Will anyone know I contacted Lifetime?
All interactions with Lifetime Adoption are completely private.
Lifetime Adoption, Inc. is a Licensed Child Placing Agency in Arkansas. (License AR #00050809)
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