Adoption Advocates

09/22/2025

Adoption is a big event for children in the family too! How did you prepare your little ones to welcome a new adopted sibling into your home?

"It honestly couldn't have gone better for them meeting for the first time," Maddy Hashem told Newsweek.

09/22/2025

During this powerful webinar, birth parents will share their personal adoption experiences with social workers and health care professionals, from doctor visits through the hospital stay. Some of the questions our panelists will be discussing:

- What was it like to make an adoption plan, and what emotions did you experience?

- What was it like to share your plan with doctors, nurses and social workers?

- What did the professionals around you do that was helpful – and what wasn’t?

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 15, 12:00-1:00 p.m., and offers 1 CEU credit for social work professionals.

Don’t miss your opportunity to gain first-hand insight into the emotional and psychological aspects of the adoption process from the perspective of expectant/birth parents. Seats are limited and filling quickly – register online now: https://www.adoptionadvocates.net/event/adoption-201-the-birth-parent-experience/.

09/19/2025

Adoption is never a simple story. It’s can be story of beauty, but also of brokenness. It’s joy mixed with grief, belonging mixed with loss. For adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families alike, adoption is lifelong and layered.

At its best, adoption provides children with safety, love, and stability when staying with their birth family isn’t possible. But even in the best cases, it begins with loss: loss of first family, culture, and history.
At its worst, adoption is only loss. With the complete removal of culture, origin, birth family, and history. With zero recognition of trauma and complete expectation of assimilation.

Ethical adoption means holding multiple truths at the same time:
Adoption can be beautiful.
Adoption is also be painful.
Adoptive parents gain a child, while birth parents and adoptees lose something profound.

When we acknowledge the nuance, we honor everyone involved: the child, the birth family, and the adoptive family.

Adoption isn’t rescue, and it isn't only gain. It’s relationship. It's loss. It’s responsibility. It's trauma. It’s lifelong commitment. And it deserves to be approached with humility, honesty, and care.

09/19/2025

Meet Jeanine & Jack one of our couples approved and ready to adopt!

"We’ve been together since college and married since 2009. Four years ago, we adopted our son Ollie, and now we’re excited to grow our family once more through adoption. Ollie has brought more love, joy, laughter, and silliness into our lives than we could have ever imagined. We can’t wait to welcome another baby and expand our family—with you included, at whatever level of openness feels comfortable to you. "

Pregnant and looking for someone to adopt your baby? Learn more about Jeanine & Jack or send them a message!

https://www.adoptionadvocates.net/adoptive-family-jeanine-jack/

09/18/2025

As a Bravelove partner agency, we hope that you'll join us helping them reach today's fundraising goal of $75,000. Even a small donation makes a big impact in their ability to serve expectant moms and birth moms.

It’s here! BraveLove Giving Day!! 🎉 Our $75,000 goal starts now—and the first $35,000 in gifts will be matched! Now is the time to show your support! www.bravelove.org/give/

09/18/2025

"If you are pregnant and undecided on whether you want to parent, have an abortion, or place your child for adoption, you have the right to make that decision free of coercion, manipulation, and pressure."

MPower Alliance has some really good information for pregnant women considering adoption.

MPower Alliance - Where Birthmothers Thrive

09/16/2025

We’re so grateful for feedback like this. We work hard to make sure our expectant and birth parents feel supported, but never pressured.

Want to learn more about adoption with Adoption Advocates? Visit us online to read about our process, get answers to common questions and sign up for a free info session.

09/15/2025

Creating your adoptive family profile is one of the most personal and important parts of your adoption journey. It’s the first impression you make on expectant parents who want to know who you are, how you live, and what kind of future you can offer a child.

Here’s your guide to presenting your story in a way that’s honest, warm, and thoughtful – without falling into common pitfalls.

https://www.adoptionadvocates.net/adoption-profiles-dos-and-donts/

09/14/2025

Facing an unplanned pregnancy can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to go through it alone. Our caring team is here to listen, answer your questions, and support you as you explore your options, including open adoption.

You deserve information, compassion, and a safe space to make the choice that’s right for you.

📞 Call: (512) 477-1122
💬Text: (512) 270-8415
👉 Learn more at AdoptionAdvocates.net/Pregnant

09/11/2025

With modern adoption, you are in full control of your plan and that includes choosing the adoptive family. Curious about what happens during the matching process when you’re working with an adoption agency like Adoption Advocates? See what the process looks like (and what happens if you don't find the right family).

http://bit.ly/4gfYxRQ

If you’re thinking about adoption and want to learn more about the matching process, we’re here to help—without pressure or judgment. Reach out to us by calling (512) 477-1122 or text an adoption specialist with questions at (512) 270-8415.

09/10/2025

✨ “Hearing from the birth parent panel changed everything for us.”

That’s something we hear often from adoptive parents after attending our Open Adoption for Prospective Adoptive Parents training.

In this training, adoptive parents learn why openness matters—not just for birth parents, but for their child’s long-term emotional well-being. And the most powerful part?

💬 They get to hear directly from birth parents who’ve placed a child through Adoption Advocates.

These panelists bravely share their stories, answer tough questions, and help adoptive families see open adoption through the eyes of someone who’s lived it. It’s honest, emotional, and deeply impactful.

Because openness isn’t just a promise.

It’s a relationship.

And we’re here to help families build it with care, respect, and intention.

Our next seminar begins online this Saturday, September 13. Register now to reserve your spot.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1435658556389

09/07/2025

This is, unfortunately, something that has been portrayed repeatedly in the media following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. It’s one of the biggest misconceptions, and we believe it’s important to acknowledge the difficult emotions that often come with adoption.

By now you probably already know that few things in life are easy, so it won’t be a surprise to learn that adoption is also not easy. It’s hard, in fact. Really, really hard. Relinquishing your child may be one of the most difficult things you will ever have to do. You just spent nine months growing this life inside of you, and you’ve probably become pretty attached.

Many birth mothers begin grieving before they have delivered the baby. This process, known as anticipatory grieving, helps to prepare you for the adoption loss but unfortunately, it’s just the first stage. The grieving process takes quite a while after relinquishment.

This is why counseling during your pregnancy and after placement is so important. Your adoption specialist will be able to help you face your grief and other emotions as well, so that you can fully process them. She’ll be there to provide support and a shoulder to cry. She’ll also be able to help you find healthy ways to cope with your grief.