It's true that
prospective birth parents tend to favor couples who have a rock solid relationship, and one indicator of that is the number of years they've been married.
Open adoption
gives prospective birth parents and adoptive parents control over the selection process and the chance to have a personal relationship after the birth of the child.
They believe that one's appearance plays a part in making a connection
with prospective birth parents, but that waiting parents should go easy on themselves and keep things in perspective when putting together their parent profile
They also agree that although many waiting parents choose adoption due to infertility, it's not a strong reason
for prospective birth parents to pick them as parents for their baby
Facilitator: individuals who helps
match prospective birth parents and adoptive parents Finalization: legal procedure granting the adoptive parent (s) permission to adopt.
makes it easier for
prospective birth parents and adoptive parents to share, connect and bond.
This is something you'll need to work out with
the prospective birth parents as part of your adoption plan.
The possibility that
the prospective birth parents may change their minds prior to signing the relinquishment papers
Infertility may have brought you to adoption, but it's not a compelling reason for
prospective birth parents to choose you.
In fact, depending on which state they live in,
prospective birth parents may be eligible for pregnancy - related financial assistance.
If you're
a prospective birth parent, what type of life do you envision for your baby?
Before the adoption is approved,
prospective birth parents have more control over the matching process than adoptive parents.
There are many ways to find out if you and
a prospective birth parent are a good match after she responds to your adoption parent profile.
The birth parents will decide throughout this time what sort of communication and contact that they wish to have with the child and
the prospective birth parents.
In order to make our resources on finding expectant parents that might be considering adoption more searchable online, we sometimes refer to parents at this stage as
prospective birth parents.