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ABI can help women or couples facing an unplanned pregnancy in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. While making an adoption plan, you will work with an adoption social worker who will assist you throughout the process. ABI’s staff holds professional degrees in social work and counseling, but many are also adoptive parents who struggled with infertility and/or birth parents who found themselves faced with unplanned pregnancies as teenagers or young adults. We feel it is important to not only have professional experience, but also a personal understanding of adoption.
Adoption is very unique in that each case is different. We want you to know that you are in complete control of the decisions being made throughout the process. You are able to choose the adoptive family, what kind of contact (if any) you desire to have with the adoptive family and child, how you would like the birth and hospital care to take place, and many other aspects of the adoption process. we have many wonderful home study approved families with online profiles that you may choose to view. This time in your life might be stressful, scary, and anxiety-filled, but our team is here to help guide you throughout the process, and take you through each step, providing emotional support, read here more about carpet cleaning dublin cost. We will assist in whatever way possible to ensure that you are confident and secure in your adoption plan.
I chose adoption for my baby because I knew it was the best decision for me and my baby. Yes, it was a hard decision and one I did not come to easily, but I am still so glad I made it. I love the family I chose for my son and I know he is happy. I could have parented and I think I would have been okay, but I wanted more than okay for my son and also for my future.
ADOPTION MYTHS & FACTS

Myth: A caring mother would never give up her child.
Myth: My child will hate me.
Myth: Adoption is a reckless and irresponsible answer to an unplanned pregnancy.
Myth: Nobody can love a child as much as a biological parent.
Myth: I’ll never hear from my child again or know how they’re doing.
Myth: My child will show up on my doorstep in 20 years with a great deal of emotional baggage.
THE THREE TYPES OF ADOPTION


Open Adoption
An open adoption is best described as direct contact between the birth family and the adoptive family. The two families often exchange full names, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. The two families will maintain contact with one another after the adoptive placement. Contact can include letters, emails, telephone calls, texting, skyping, and even visits. ABI is facilitating more and more open adoptions as families desire to maintain a relationship that can provide health and wholeness to everyone involved.

Semi-Open Adoption
In a semi-open adoption, the biological family and the adoptive family have contact which is facilitated through the adoption agency. ABI will typically receive letters and pictures from one family, and then forward them on to the other family. Many birth families desire to know how their child is doing, but maintain their privacy in doing so. A semi-open adoption provides that confidentiality. ABI ensures that your privacy will be protected.

Closed Adoption
Closed adoptions occur when the birth parents and adoptive parents agree to share no information with each other, and no continuing communication occurs. In a closed adoption, no letters or pictures are exchanged after placement. Generally, ABI does not encourage closed adoptions as closed adoptions do not benefit the birth family, the adoptive family, or the child. Therefore, ABI requires all adoptive families to submit regularly scheduled letter and pictures updates to the agency. We place these updates in your file, and you are able to request them whenever you desire.
ADOPTION PLAN FAQS

"I haven't gone to the doctor yet. How do I find a doctor, or pay for medical care?"
“My family does not know I am pregnant and am thinking of adoption, and I am not sure how or if to tell them. What should I do?”
“How do I know that my baby will go to a good family?”
“If I am choosing adoption, what happens at the hospital after the baby is born? Will I get to hold the baby? Do I have to hold the baby?”
“Can I name the baby?”
“Who will take the baby home from the hospital?”
Hopefully, these answers have provided helpful information, but it is very likely they will also raise questions that you might not have realized you have! Please feel free to call and speak with an adoption counselor about all of your parenting or adoption planning questions and concerns – it is her job to assist you in a private, confidential, and honest manner. The counselor’s role is to educate and support you and your baby, no matter if you choose adoption or parenting.
If you are pregnant and considering adoption, you can contact a pregnancy counselor 24 hours a day at 1-417-763-9265 (text or call). Or, simply email Lucy for adoption information and assistance.
WAITING FAMILIES


JONATHAN & ANDREA

BRYAN & REGENIA

DAVID & ELIZABETH
THE ADOPTION PROCESS














If you are pregnant and considering adoption, you can contact a pregnancy counselor 24 hours a day at 1-417-763-9265 (text or call). Or, simply email Lucy for adoption information and assistance.

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