6 of the Top Benefits of Adoption for a Birth Mother
Adoption can be a positive experience and doesn’t have to be associated with the negativity society often puts on it. You, as a birth mother, deserve the right to be able to go out into the world and accomplish your goals. If you had an unintended pregnancy or are facing other hardships, it may be difficult to raise a child and face those challenges.
Here at Adoption Choices of Colorado, we understand you have a life to lead, too. We hope to help you find the best option available so that you and your child can live full and happy existences. Here are some of the benefits of adoption for a birth mother.
1. Financial Ease
Raising a child is expensive. You probably know that it would require years of commitment and some people just aren’t ready for that financially. Placing your child for adoption means not having to carry that monetary responsibility for nearly two decades (or longer). Having funds for yourself and your goals can be very freeing. You will have opportunities, and so will your child, because you decided to place your child for adoption.
2. Emotional Serenity
Young children are also more than a financial responsibility. They require love, care, and attention at a constant rate, which you may not be able to put out at this time. New parents are often exhausted and have to learn to balance their working and social lives with a new person in the home.
If your work or social life isn’t where you want to be already, parenting can be really isolating at times. The benefits of adoption in this case are numerous: less stress, more time, and more focus for yourself.
3. Time for Other Things
Building off the ideas of more emotional peace and time for yourself, you won’t have to put goals on hold. That work life you want to improve? You have time to chase it now. The social life you think could be better? You can go out without worrying about finding a babysitter. That’s all completely okay. Not everyone is ready to take care of a child at the same time. In fact, some aren’t ever ready or even interested.
If you feel that targeting career goals and networking in the immediate future will help your mental wellness more than taking care of a child, then by all means, take care of yourself. Adoption is an option for you and your child.
4. Joy In Helping
Through the adoption process, you could be helping a family to have a child that really is ready to care for one. They may not be able to have children of their own and feel a desperate need to raise a child. Adoption doesn’t have to be something sad. You could give an adoptive family true joy by helping to build their household unit.
5. Learning Process
If you found yourself contacting Adoption Choices of Colorado because you did not feel ready to parent, that’s totally understandable. However, it may benefit you to sit back and soak in information as adoption can also be an instructional experience. Through counseling and reviewing your preferred adoptive family, you may come to realize more about yourself. If, for instance, your ideal adoptive family is a few years older and maybe more settled into their jobs, then that may be where you seek to be before starting your own family. What you wish for your child can be very much connected to what you wish for yourself.
6. Knowledge of a Better Future
With everything mentioned previously, this is one of the biggest, most cumulative benefits of adoption. Aside from relieving monetary constraints, finding emotional peace in the present, feeling happy about helping another family, and learning more about yourself, there is also the opportunity to find emotional peace for the long haul. By placing your child for adoption and meticulously considering the process and outcomes, you are providing your child with a better future where they will have more possibilities. They will have more chances to succeed. That alone can help show why adoption might be the right call for you.
What’s Next?
Adoption Choices of Colorado is here and ready to serve your interests. No one said it would be the easiest thing in the world, but adoption can have many positive outcomes for you and your child. That first step can feel truly momentous, but there are resources available to help you and assist you on your journey.
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and want to learn more about your adoption options, contact Adoption Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
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Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!