Creating A Colorado Adoption Plan for An Unplanned Pregnancy
If you face an unplanned pregnancy and struggle with the options, you can utilize them during such a stressful moment. You should know you have three options. The first is to raise the child as your own. Just know before deciding this, you will face certain hardships if you don’t have the physical, financial, or emotionally prepared for a child. You have other options as well, with one being terminating the pregnancy. That means you will not give birth to the child, ending your pregnancy and carrying the child. Though you are ending the pregnancy, you can face mental issues because you may feel guilt or more over a decision. The final option is adoption, where we, Adoption Choices of Colorado, come in. Adoption is a lengthy and legal process when you relinquish your rights as the birth mother. From there, your child shall be placed into another family, and they will be raised as their child. It is a process thousands of mothers take advantage of yearly to provide a better life for their baby.
At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we are a private adoption agency with locations in Colorado, including Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. By serving local women in said state, we help build families and give a better life to the birth mother and her unborn baby. We understand that adoption has a negative stigma surrounding it, but our goal is to end such. Never hesitate to put your baby up for adoption because of the judgment. Just know you are doing the right thing.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
What is an adoption plan?
An adoption plan is thoroughly written and thought out by you alone with some input and help from your counselor, but the decisions are particularly yours. Specifically, it is a profile of your wants and needs that you find necessary to be best for you and your baby during the adoption process. Not to mention it includes the plans for you after the baby is born and is placed into the care of their adoptive parents. The adoption plan may be written before you even come to an adoption agency and will include the adoption agency you want to go to. Not to mention it will have more than that and the Colorado adoption process. It will include details about the traits you want your baby’s adoptive family to possess. More would be the form of adoption you want to choose. To add on, counseling, finance, and more. Your hospital plan is a vital point you need due to the sensitivity and the settings you will be in. Lastly, in the outline of your adoption plan, you can go into detail about if you want post-placement support, which can mentally help you if necessary.
An adoption plan is important for every birth mother, but know you shouldn’t be stressed or discouraged while creating such.
What are the different forms of adoption?
There are three different types of adoption: closed, semi-open, and open. They all possess some similarities but differences as well. As the birth mother, you are in full control of the type of adoption you want to utilize, but make sure you are set and stone about such. Choosing the type of adoption will be taken into account the whole time during your Colorado adoption process. Once over, when the baby is born, it still is taken into account.
Closed Adoption: As a more private form of adoption, Closed Adoption is when there is no contact between yourself or the adoptive parents of your baby. You are allowed to pick your baby’s adoptive parents, but there will be a limited amount of information provided on them. To add on, your adoption counselor will be the mediator between all the parties and shall share dialogue between you all. Once the baby is in the custody of their adoptive parent’s contact shall be extinguished, but the parents of your child may send photos but through your counselor. Though it is a guarantee at all this particular act will happen
Semi-Open Adoption: A type of adoption that is a mixture between both other adoptions. You are allowed to choose your baby’s adoptive family, but with little to no information. Your counselor will facilitate conferences, but you will not meet in person at all. Your identities will be shared with each party but with practically no details. Once the adoption is complete, you will have no contact, but your baby’s adoptive parents will share updates on your child. That will more than likely be in the form of photos.
Open Adoption: The most open form of adoption where communication transpired between yourself and your baby’s adoptive parents in person. Information about all of you is shared, including last names, addresses, and more. There shall be no limitation on the information you all possess. Once the adoption is complete, you will still have contact with each other in different forms of communication. In some cases, the birth mother becomes part of the family.
Always choose the type of adoption that best fits your wants and needs! That’s what we care about the most.
If Facing An Unplanned Pregnancy in Colorado, Come to Us and We Can Help You
With a license that we have had for years, we can help you understand adoption much like a professional. Come to us, and your child will be placed in the safest hands based on your wants. We run 24 hours and seven days a week operations, so contacting us should be no problem. You can do so by call, text, or portal, which can be found on our website! We would love to hear from you and possibly build another family.
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.
Meet the Author: Imani Agbionu is a recent graduate from George Mason University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Marketing. With a history in writing for her former university’s online publication, Her Campus, she aspires to become a successful journalist who can provide for herself and her family. She is from Washington, DC, where she has lived her whole life, but one day wants to move to experience and call another state home. Her mother is from Washington, DC, and her father is from Nigeria, part of the Igbo tribe. As an introvert, she loves streaming platforms, with her favorites being HBO Max, Netflix, and Disney+. Unfortunately, she can’t pick one due to all playing a vital role in her life on a daily basis. She enjoys reading, with her favorite book being The Shining by Stephen King, which she sees as unusual since she is a fearful person that avoids horror at all costs. Listening to music is a vital mechanism that helps her stay calm and deal with her anxiety at times. As an inspiring Journalist, she likes to write about a plethora of topics that some may look at as controversial, but she believes in staying true to herself. She doesn’t mind having conversations with people as long as opinions are being respected.
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!