Birth Mother Adoption Blogs

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The subtitle for this site, Adoption & Birthmothers: Building Bridges to Adoptions Truths, is catchy and accurate. From the archives, my all-time favorite post was: “The Choice in Adoption: Innocence, Idiotic, Irrevocable”. The important takeaway for me was: The adoptee is the only party that ALWAYS has no choice.”

[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum 

“Birth mother, first mother, biological mother, or relinquisher?” is an enthralling post dealing with the language around the women who relinquish a child. The author maintains that whether one uses first or birth, it doesn’t matter. As an adoptee, I prefer birth mother or birth mom to first mother or first mom.

Writing My Wrongs

In the words of the site’s founder: “I lost my first born to the American closed adoption industry, I am committed to doing whatever I can to prevent others from falling prey to those who believe in the unnecessary separation of mother and child.” These are powerful words and Suz’s commitment to her message weighs heavily in the posts. “The Nose (2006)” was voted as one of her best blogs by the readership.

Sailing my way through… Life motherhood and now my journey as a birthmom.

Rebekah’s blog “highlights all the good, the bad and the ugly parts of being a single mom and also a birth mom.”  This is a personal sharing blog.

America Adopts! 

This is “an open adoption meeting place” and lists pages of birth mother blogs to fit every taste and style, as well as, resources, services and adoption profiles.

“The important takeaway for me was: The adoptee is the only party that ALWAYS has no choice.”