Birth Mother Stories
A Very Good Choice
I can still remember the look on Karla''s face at this moment! Not a lot of adoptive mothers get to watch their baby be born. It was such a wonderful feeling. It felt really good to do something so wonderful for them. I gave them the best gift anyone could ever...
Adoption is a Beautiful Thing
When I first found out I was pregnant I was seventeen years old, recently broken up with my baby''s father, and living at home with my parents. Pretty typical, really. But I think the rest of my story is rather unique. Like many pregnant girls my age, I struggled...
An Answer to Prayer
I'm writing this to every woman who finds herself pregnant and doesn't know what to do. I was there. I know how scary it can be, especially when the father is...well let's just say "not appropriate.”My pregnancy was about as scary as it gets. I had been raped and...
I Didn’t Plan for This
I was already a single mom struggling to care for my two-year-old son when I took that pregnancy test, convinced at the time it would be negative. I was wrong. Three minutes and two lines on a stick later, I was floored to find out that I was yet again pregnant, and...