Organizing Your Birth Plan and Hospital Plan in Colorado
By Syd Sukalski
An unplanned pregnancy can fill you with uncertainty, but those nerves might stay with you even after you choose adoption and create your adoption plan. You know how to put a child up for adoption, but do you know what delivery will look like? Do you know who will be in the delivery room with you? How will you get to the hospital? Do you know what an adoption birth plan is? This article will discuss adoption birth and adoption hospital plans, what they are, and how they can benefit you, the birth mother.
But before we begin discussing adoption birth plans, let us introduce ourselves.
Adoption Choices of Colorado maintains a series of private adoption agencies across the state. Private adoption means that you will make every choice on your adoption plan. We will provide a courteous and knowledgeable adoption professional to assist you, inform you about your decisions, and help ensure you make the best ones for you and your birth child. Placing your baby for adoption in Colorado can be stressful, but Adoption Choices of Colorado is here to help. If you are considering adoption in Colorado, call us today or check out our website for more information.
Now, let’s discuss the adoption of hospital plans and birth plans.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Adoption in Colorado: What Is an Adoption Birth Plan?
An adoption birth plan or hospital plan is similar to the adoption plan you make in preparation for what will happen after your child is born, but your adoption birth plan prepares you, your loved ones, your medical team, and your child’s adoptive family for your due date. An adoption birth plan outlines what will occur during your delivery and specifies your preferences for various elements we will discuss in a moment. To be more prepared for your due date, create an adoption birth plan or hospital plan today.
Demystify Your Adoption in Aurora by Making Choices About Your Delivery
Creating an adoption birth plan can help you demystify your adoption in Colorado by allowing you to specify elements of your delivery. Some items you might consider when making your adoption plan including which friends or family members you want to be with you in the hospital, whether you want to see or speak with your child’s adoptive family while you are in the hospital, whether you want your child’s adoptive family in the room with you during delivery, whether you want to be the first person to hold your child, and whether you want to leave the hospital with your child and their adoptive family. You can make all these specifications to help everyone around you ensure your comfort during delivery.
Your Colorado Adoption Professional Will Be There to Help You
We understand that making an adoption plan is stressful enough. You’ve already made countless decisions regarding your child’s adoption, and it can feel tedious and overwhelming to keep making choices. But, just like with your adoption plan, the whole time you create your adoption birth plan, your Adoption Choices of Colorado adoption professional will be with you. If you need more information or help to make a decision, they are there and ready to help you.
Your Colorado Adoption Birth Plan Ensures You Are Comfortable During Delivery
One of the best things about your adoption birth plan is it’s never too late to change your mind about a decision, even if you’re in the hospital about to give birth. The adoption birth plan strives to ensure your comfort during your delivery. If you think of something on your birth plan that you want to change, all you have to do is notify your Colorado adoption agency specialist. Your adoption specialist wants to help you get whatever you need to make you the most comfortable during your delivery. After you complete your birth plan, your adoption professional will distribute it to everyone who needs a copy, including medical professionals and your child’s adoptive family.
How Do I Get Started on My Adoption Birth Plan?
To get started on your adoption birth plan, contact your Adoption Choices of Colorado adoption specialist. They will help you get started and tell you everything you need to know.
Adoption Choices of Colorado is a private adoption agency specializing in helping birth mothers with the adoption process. To get started, contact us today or check out our website for more information on every aspect of the adoption process.
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.
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!