Planning an Adoption at 6 Months Pregnant
By Syd Sukalski
An unplanned pregnancy can cause stress and make you feel out of control. Maybe you’re undecided about what you want to do about your pregnancy, or possibly you’re considering adoption already. Getting started on the adoption process early on can help you reclaim some control over your situation and make you feel better about your unplanned pregnancy. Here, we’ll talk about how to put a child up for adoption when you’re six months pregnant and what resources will be available along the way.
But before we talk about placing your baby for adoption in Colorado, let us introduce ourselves.
If you’re considering private adoption in Colorado, Adoption Choices of Colorado may be for you. Adoption Choices of Colorado wants to help you create your adoption plan. We specialize in caring for birth mothers and informing and working with them as they work their way through the adoption process. So, if you are considering adoption for your child, give us a call, and we’ll help you get started on your adoption plan.
Now, let’s talk about placing your baby for adoption at six months pregnant.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Can I put a child up for adoption at 6 Months Pregnant?
Yes! Or, at least, you can get started on the process. Beginning the adoption process early on can help you destress because it lets you see the end of the road. You will work on your adoption plan and choose what you want life for you and your birth child to look like after your baby is born.
What Resources Are Available to Me Throughout the Adoption Process?
At the start of your adoption process, we will assign an adoption professional to help you with your adoption plan. You will also have access to many of our other services, including legal and financial assistance. Our Adoption Choices of Colorado staff wants to ensure your adoption process goes smoothly. They want to help you in any way they can.
What Is the Colorado Adoption Intake Process at 6 Months Pregnant?
The adoption intake process occurs when you schedule a phone in-person meeting with us. At this meeting, we’ll ask you to fill out some paperwork, including medical history documents, and make some choices regarding your adoption plan, including your preferred level of openness and type of adoptive family. We will also ask you o sign some forms which will allow us to obtain the proper medical records.
Choosing a Type of Adoption at Your Adoption Agency in Denver
When filling out your adoption plan, you must decide what level of openness you prefer in your adoption, open, semi-open, or closed. Each type refers to the amount of communication you want to have with your birth child and their adoptive family after the adoption finalizes. An open adoption allows for direct contact between you and the adoptive family. With open adoption, you will work together to determine boundaries and times when you can see your birth child. In a semi-open adoption, all communication with the adoptive family occurs through your Colorado adoption agency. In a closed adoption, you have no contact with your birth child or their adoptive family. You will have total anonymity.
Matching With an Adoptive Family Through Your Colorado Adoption Agency
While filling out your adoption plan, you decide what kind of family you would like to adopt your child. Some birth mothers prefer a family with a certain cultural background, lifestyle, or religion. Others consider parenting styles or whether the family in question already has kids. If you choose an open adoption, you can look through the adoptive family profiles on our website and select the one you think would be a good fit.
Finalizing Your Adoption Papers in Colorado
After you give birth to your child, you will have to wait two days before you can sign the final adoption papers. But, afterward, the adoption is complete, and your birth child can go home with their adoptive family.
What Will My Life Look Like After the Adoption Process?
After the adoption process, some birth mothers experience some grief. However, Adoption Choices of Colorado provides services even after your adoption finalizes. We offer counseling and support groups for all birth parents, so you can find solace and growth in talking to people who have experienced the same things you have.
Remember: adoption is generous. You are not “giving your baby up” for adoption at birth. You are placing them for adoption. There is no “giving up” involved. Creating an adoption plan takes a lot of thought. You want to make the best choices for your birth child.
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!