Choosing adoption in Maine for your baby is a difficult decision. Throughout the adoption process, you deserve the right to be in control. This is your decision, and you get to make the calls. The process wasn’t always like this, but now it is with American Adoptions.

To get more information about how you will be able to choose the adoptive parents, contact an adoption specialist today.

You’ll make a lot of choices during the adoption process, but maybe the most significant is choosing the adoptive parents for your child. When you choose adoption for your baby in hopes of giving them the best life possible, you get to choose the adoptive family who you think will give them that life. This gives many expectant mothers confidence and peace about adoption.

If you are placing your baby for adoption in Maine, you may have a lot of questions about how this works. How do I pick adoptive parents in Maine? How many adoptive families are there? Are there parents looking to adopt a newborn in Maine?

We’ll take a look at some of these big questions about choosing adoptive parents for your baby, and talk about how to find a family waiting to adopt with American Adoptions.

How do I find a family looking to adopt in Maine?

Finding adoptive parents in Maine will look different depending on which adoption professional you are working with. American Adoptions gives expectant mothers control over their process and the ability to choose the family they want to adopt their baby to. Our adoption specialists are here to help you through the process.

Here are the steps to choosing adoptive parents in Maine:

• Talk with your adoption specialist to figure out what you are looking for in a family. Your adoption specialist will help you create an adoption plan you are comfortable with and decide what characteristics in adoptive parents will be best for you child.

• Look over adoption profiles and choose a family that you think will be great for your baby. American Adoptions’ media specialists create adoptive parent profiles and videos for every adoptive family we work with. You’ll see profiles of many different people looking to adopt. This allows you to get to know a family in a unique and personal way before choosing them.

• Get to know potential adoptive parents through pre-placement contact and make sure it’s a good fit. Once you have selected a family after seeing their profile, you will have the chance to get to know them more personally through pre-placement contact. This could mean a phone call or an in-person meeting depending on the adoption plan you created.

Can I look for adoptive parents in Maine or in any other state?

You aren’t bound by state lines when searching for an adoptive family because American Adoptions is a national adoption agency. We work with families all across the country, giving you a lot of options to find the right fit. You may decide you would like to choose adoptive parents in Maine so that you stay closer to your child, or you may decide that distance is okay and choose an adoptive family anywhere in the country. Both options are available to you with American Adoptions.

How will I know if it’s a good adoptive family?

This is a question we hear a lot, and we understand why. If you choose adoption for your baby, your hope is that they’ll have the best life possible. And you want to be completely sure that the family you choose is a good family.

American Adoptions pre-screens every family we work with to make sure they are prepared and equipped to adopt. These families go through a long and arduous process that examines nearly every aspect of their life to ensure they are ready. This means that families waiting to adopt in Maine are 100 percent committed to adoption. Additionally, any family working with American Adoptions has agreed up-front to at least a semi-open adoption plan, meaning they are ready for contact with you during the process.

What should I look for in adoptive parents?

Only you can decide what you want in an adoptive family, but your adoption specialist is here to help you figure it out. With so many families waiting to adopt in Maine, you will have a variety of choices. There are lots of questions you can ask.

• Do you want your child to grow up in Maine, or somewhere else?

• Do you want a family who lives in an urban or rural area?

• Do you want a family with pets?

• Do you want your child to have siblings?

• What kind of school and neighborhood do you want for your child?

These and many more questions are all great to ask. If you want to choose a prospective adoptive family in Maine, you may want to consider things like neighborhood and school district. For instance, you may want to look for a family in the Cape Elizabeth area, since it is known for great schools. Or you may decide that growing up in a beautiful, scenic community like Bar Harbor is more important for your baby.

As a mother choosing adoption for her baby in Maine, you have a lot of options to consider. Regardless of what qualities you prioritize in adoptive families or where they live, you will have the same opportunity for pre-placement and post-placement contact. The level of openness you set in your adoption plan is not geographically dependent. Regardless of where the adoptive parents live, there will still be a chance for you to know them and be involved in your child’s life.

If you have more questions about finding adoptive parents in Maine or across the U.S., you can call 1-800-ADOPTION at any time to speak with an adoption specialist.

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