History of Adoption and Statistics
Thinking about giving up your baby for adoption is terrifying. This fear leaves you thinking that adoption isn’t normal. You’re saying to yourself, “What will my friends and family think of me if I give up my baby for adoption? What will my baby think in the future?” You are flooded with many confusing emotions.We are here to put your mind at ease and tell you a comforting fact: adoption has been around since the beginning of humanity. As far back as we can remember, mothers have been giving their children to better suitors for parenting. People have been taking in orphaned children before we had unique words, agencies, and laws around adoption. You are certainly not the first woman to consider adoption, and as long as there are pregnancies, there will be millions of women after you who will choose adoption. At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we want you to know there is a long history of adoption and help put your mind at ease. Let us ensure the best interests of you and your baby and build your personal adoption plan.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Pregnant Adoption Help
You can’t believe that you are pregnant. This couldn’t have happened at a worse time. You certainly did not have this in your plans, and now you are looking for help. We are here to help you make the best possible decision for you and your baby. An adoption is an option. Whether you are still pregnant or have just given birth, we will connect you with our helpful representatives who are committed to creating the best plan possible if you are thinking of giving up your child for adoption. We can help you:
- Find the adoptive parents for your child that meet your standards
- Create an adoption and birth plan
- Find affordable healthcare
- Get access to a safe, clean shelter
- Receive phone service
- Find financial assistance
Finding local adoption agencies and choices is easier than ever before. A lot of your concerns around adoption could be stemming from the common knowledge we have of how child welfare laws in our nation’s past were not highly monitored. In The US, the first known adoption took place in the 1800s, followed by a long history of orphan trains that would pick up children in the east and drive them to new expecting parents in the west and south. Local churches and adoption agencies took in children all of the time, and this was the precursor for the adoption services and child welfare laws that we have today. Today we have systems, laws, and safety in place from decades of child welfare court rulings and civil rights advocacy for children. Because of advocacy and improved quality of life, by the 1970s, adoption became common amongst everyday Americans looking to expand their families and is more common than you think.
Further back to American-based adoption, in the first century A.D. Europe, it was common knowledge and commonplace for widows to adopt baby boys from birth mothers to have an heir to family wealth and continue the family name. In ancient Egypt, it too was common for wives to adopt orphaned children and babies. They would rename them and teach them family customs.
Adoption has always been commonplace. As a matter of fact, birth mothers seeking public or private adoption services is so normal that all of your favorite superheroes, ancient philosophers, and religious story prophets were either infant adoptees or adopted child orphans. Every few minutes, a baby is born. And for every baby that is born, another one is conceived. This is a guarantee that someone somewhere is having the same thoughts as you, like, “ Am I pregnant?” or “ Will there be any good people willing to adopt my child?” Don’t panic. Breathe in out slowly. Allow your body to find relax and calm. Things can and will get easier. We will help make it so.
Giving Up Your Baby for Adoption
You may see several statistics on the over 100,000 children being adopted in the US every year. But half of these children come from foster care, several come from overseas, and the remainder are adopted within families. The rarest yet most sought-after adoption is private infant adoption, even in Colorado adoption statistics. There are many hopeful adoptive parents who desire nothing more than to adopt a baby, but most children who become eligible for adoption get into foster care as a result of their birth parents is deemed unfit by the courts and taken into custody by the state several years into their lives. Many, if not all of these children would have never had to deal with foster care had their parents had access to services like our adoption agency in Colorado. We would’ve given their birth mother an adoption plan to avoid the child’s pain of foster care and displacement in the future. You can easily see that many children in foster care came from families where the birth mother simply could not find unplanned pregnancy options, and that is why we have created this organization. We can reduce that crisis, one child at a time.
Private Adoption Agency
Pregnancy has happened, but it does not have to decide your future. You can still be in control of your own destiny. There are choices out there for you if you are choosing not to abort. You don’t have to remain a parent. You’re not obligated to give up on the life and goals you imagined for yourself. Adoption is an option. Many have chosen adoption before you. There is nothing wrong with giving your baby a more promising future and a family that is looking forward to parenting right now. Whether you are facing teen pregnancy or you are middle-aged, you deserve options. So, give yourself the freedom of choice. You deserve to be happy. Contact us here at our adoption agency in Colorado 24/7, and one of our dedicated staff will be eager to assist you in getting started on your adoption journey. Let us help you begin to put the pieces of your life back together again. You deserve it.
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: JaQueen loves learning because it helps her educate and give people choices. She is the youngest girl in a family of 8 adopted siblings who found a loving forever home. Like most marketers, she wears many hats: Certified Project Management Professional, Jr. Web Developer, SEO certified, Grant Proposal Writer, Consultant, Wellness Influencer, Content Creator, and Motivational Speaker with a Bachelor’s in Communication Arts. She created a wellness blog to motivate, write, and inspire in her spare time to teach about mental health, plant-based vegan nutrition, and fitness to help others find peace on their healing journey. Her hobbies include natural bodybuilding, mindfulness, trailblazing through nature, and creating content that resonates with people. She aspires to be a lifelong professional writer and speaker who saves lives through the power of knowledge. She states, “I think that when you find your way out of the darkness it becomes your responsibility to bring others to the light. So, I focus on healing. The rest will align.”
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!