How Many Weeks on Average is a Woman Pregnant Before Choosing Adoption in Colorado?
Adoption is a process when a person goes through legal steps of taking a birth mother’s baby and raising that child as their own. The baby is then legally considered the child of the adoptive parents after the Colorado adoption process is complete though there is no biological relation. Choosing adoption in Colorado for your unborn child is a tough decision that over 150,000 mothers or parents make a year. Before choosing adoption, many mothers face dilemmas trying to weigh the options they can take after becoming pregnant, but it was unintended. Most options revolve around mothers raising the child as their own and overcoming possible issues such as finances, time, age, or more. Another option is abortion which is a harder alternate choice than adoption for many mothers. Adoption in some cases is considered the last result for mothers after weighing such different possibilities.
Due to mothers or parents considering putting a child up for adoption for a certain amount of time, a frequent question is: How many weeks on average is a woman pregnant before choosing adoption? Adoption Choices of Colorado says the answer is, there is not an average set time for women to choose adoption for their unborn child. Due to women taking different precautions and having a tough time choosing such a decision, many women are often late into their pregnancy before signing up for adoption, sometimes well over 30 weeks. Though that is the case waiting late into the pregnancy or early on can be a difficult process that can last for months.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Just found out I am pregnant. How can I put my baby up for adoption early on in Colorado?
The first step after a mother finds out she is pregnant is to make sure you are comfortable with the decision of adoption after a certain amount of time. Know the basics of adoption options in Denver CO and the different types that are available to mothers putting their child up for adoption. Those being:
- Closed Adoption: A type of adoption where there is no contact between the birth mother and adoptive parents. This means the child that is adopted has no relationship with its birth mom until they are legally able to make the decision to meet her. Also, the mother shall not choose the family that adopts the child and has no information or knowledge of the family. The court system maintains information about the birth parents, and the adoptive parents or children know nothing about them. The only information that is given to the adoptive parents is the biological parents’ medical history.
- Open Adoption: The opposite of closed adoption is when both the biological mother and adoptive parent’s information is shared. The birth mother chooses between a variety of different parents to potentially adopt her baby. After meeting different sets of parents, the mother chooses the family she feels fit to raise her baby. There is communication between both parties and during the pregnancy and after the birth of the baby. During such a type of adoption, there are different options available. Sometimes adoptive parents are allowed to participate in the birth of a baby. Also, communication comes in different forms for each family, such as calls, texts, emails, or pictures. In certain cases, the birth mother becomes part of the adoptive family acknowledging who she is to their child as he or she grows up.
- Semi-Open Adoption: Between both open and closed adoption, like open adoption, the mother has the choice to choose the family she would like to adopt her baby. However, there is a limited amount of information available about the adoptive parents, such as their last name and address. While pregnant, there is a chance that the adoptive parents and the mother will or will not have contact based upon the birth mother’s choice. Once the child is born, contact between the adoptive parents and the birth mother is terminated much like closed adoption.
Research adoption agencies within Colorado and start the process of adoption while choosing the type of Colorado adoption plan you would like to implement when coming to terms early in your pregnancy. Making a decision about adoption early on in the pregnancy is no issue, and birth mothers have ample time to choose what adoption they prefer and speed the pregnant adoption process up. Also, in Colorado, in order to put a baby up for adoption, a father must give his consent as well, so making sure the father is present is vital.
Can I put my baby up for adoption after he or she is born in Colorado?
Yes, a birth mother can definitely consider and put their child up for adoption after birth.
A birth mother putting her child up for adoption after he or she is born is a completely different process from when babies are put up for adoption while still in the birth mother’s womb. Which is a process that mothers should examine and understand prior to choosing adoption.
Information needed to know is when a birth mother decides to put her child up for adoption, the mother has to wait 30 days after birth. To add on, counseling classes need to be taken, consent forms that need to be signed, and the baby’s birth certificate has to be provided. Based on Colorado’s state adoption laws, the biological father needs to give his consent to the child’s adoption along with the birth mother’s consent as well, even after the child’s birth. The process doesn’t have a time stamp due to multiple steps being taken place. Even after signing consent forms, birth mothers can still contemplate giving their child up for adoption.
Putting My Child Up for Adoption in CO
An adoption takes months as a process, with legal precautions taking place involving the court system and lawyers. Waiting is understandable for birth mothers due to such a difficult decision regarding the private adoption services and the plethora of steps needing to be taken. Considering that in the state of Colorado, it is allowed to wait to put your child up for adoption. As we say at Adoption Choices of Colorado, birth mothers should never consider waiting to place their unborn child up for adoption as a flaw. Though consideration has to be taken into place about waiting due to the process, and waiting late in the pregnancy can make the process have to speed up quickly. That can cause stress to the birth mother or more.
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!