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- You can work with your adoption agency to find a stable, loving family for your baby. After the baby has arrived, you can see the baby, name the baby and even spend time with your baby. If you so choose, you can keep in contact with the adoptive family throughout your child's life.
- Most adoption agencies have screened and approved lots of adoptive parents. The agency will talk with you about who will adopt your baby. It could even be a friend, an acquaintance or someone who has been recommended to you.
- You can choose the amount of contact you have with your baby.
- In an open adoption you can choose a plan that allows ongoing visits with your child
- A semi-open adoption keeps you informed about your child through letters and pictures.
- Or you can choose a confidential adoption where you would not have contact with the child once he or she was placed with the adoptive family.
- Your baby could be placed with the adoptive family right from the hospital or the baby could be placed in temporary care while you consider your adoption decision. It just depends on your preference for the timing of the placement, legal aspects of the adoption, and how well the birth father co-operates.
- Your choice of adoption--open, semi-open or confidential--determines how much your baby will know about you. It is always best to provide your complete medical and social history to your child so in the future there will be no questions.
- The birth father has rights to the baby too. If you two cannot make a decision, your agency can work with the birth father and/or the courts to determine if his rights can be terminated. Hopefully the birth father will also provide his complete medical and social history as well because it is so important to the child.
- If you are concerned about your child trying to find you later in your life, you will want to check your state's laws concerning adoption. Your caseworker will explain the current laws as they apply to your adoption plan.
- Handing your baby over to someone else's care is a concern since you won't be there. Adoption agencies make every attempt to thoroughly investigate each adoptive family to ensure the safety of each baby. The agency will visit the potential adoptive home before finalizing the adoption to ensure the baby's well being. If you've chosen an open adoption, you can see for yourself how your baby is being loved and cared for.
- Adoption involves you and the adoption agency. You don't need an attorney and there are no costs to you. Your agency will handle the legal details for your and the birth father.
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