Embracing open adoption was a very hard concept for me, at first.  As a birth mother, I want to share my experience with open adoption and hopefully encourage future expectant/birth mothers to consider this route.

I eventually told my parents everything that had been going on. I told them about going to the pregnancy center to get tested, that I’d been talking to some attorneys and had made plans for the abortion…

They looked at me and said ‘Hannah, you’re adopted, your 4 siblings are adopted, why not at least look at adoption?’

I did know that I already loved my baby more than anything else in the world, so every decision made from that point on was made completely out of love. I was twenty-one years old with nothing or no one to support me. So, I chose to place my child for adoption.

I was that girl, you know, the one with the teenage pregnancy. But I was carrying more than just an unexpected life; I was carrying the weight of the shame of my sin. Even amid my circumstances, the Lord met me where I was, and my life since November 19th, 2022 has never been the same. 

Here's a lovely story about a woman who chose adoption for her baby. It's not an easy path, but we are stronger than we may think!