These benefits include but are not limited to the power
of the human touch and presence,
of being surrounded by
supportive people
of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment
of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely,
adopting positions
of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all
of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use
of the cascade
of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include
children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence
of their parents and excessive interruptions
of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood
of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.
Do not hesitate in asking the right questions like the cost involved, the agency's experience, training offered for different types
of adoption, international
adopting policy, any kind
of supportive services offered and what type
of counselling is provided to the actual birth parents
of the
child, if the infant is
adopted domestically.
The oldest
of three
adopted children recalls her childhood with mothers Marmee and Meema, as they raised their African American daughter, Asian American son, and Caucasian daughter in a lively,
supportive neighborhood.
Meeting the Long - Term Needs
of Families Who
Adopt Children Out
of Foster Care: A Three - Year Follow - Up Study Houston & Kramer
Child Welfare, 87, 2008 View Abstract Assesses the extent to which agency and nonagency
supportive resources contributed to the stability and well - being
of 34 newly adoptive families over 3 years.
These Centers serve families with a newly -
adopted child or those that have become guardians
of a relative's
child, providing
supportive services and connecting families to resources such as parent training, peer support, mentoring, navigation for cross-system needs, therapeutic services referrals, counseling, respite care or other supports to help families address issues as they arise.