Open Adoption Families

As a woman considering adoption, you may want the ability to stay in contact with your child. Thankfully, open adoption gives you the chance to remain in your child’s life as well as develop a lifelong bond with an adoptive family of your choosing. We’ll show you how to find open adoption families below. Or, you can call us at 1-800-ADOPTION to get information now.

Over the years, society’s outlook on adoption has shifted to viewing it as something to be celebrated. This change in perspective has ushered in an era where open adoptions are not only accepted but encouraged.

Open adoptions are a wonderful way for birth parents to stay in contact with their child and their adoptive parents. Because of the peace of mind that open adoptions bring, many waiting adoptive families are interested in having an open adoption.

In this article, you will learn about open adoptions and what they look like for both birth parents and open adoption families.

Our Agency Only Works with Committed Open Adoption Families

If you’re an expectant birth mother considering an open adoption, American Adoptions has you covered.

We take pride in encouraging open adoptions for birth parents and adoptive parents alike and facilitating long-lasting relationships. We do everything we can to make sure that both sides feel accommodated and comfortable.

However, open adoptions are more than just an open line of communication. It’s a working relationship that requires understanding and compromise from the birth parents and the open adoption families, and we are more than willing to help make this happen.

Many hopeful adoptive families pursue open adoptions because of the peace it can bring their adopted child, as well as themselves. Your child will never have to wonder about where they came from or why you placed them for adoption.

We have standards in place to ensure that all of the hopeful adoptive families we work with are committed to open adoption. These standards are to bring you peace of mind that you will be able to have an open line of healthy communication with your child and their adoptive family after the adoption has been completed.

Here’s how we ensure all of the prospective adoptive families that you will be choosing from are invested in an open adoption:

The open adoption families we work with must agree to direct communication through email and phone with you throughout the adoption process and post-placement.

Of course, the degree of direct communication will always be up to you and what you include in your adoption plan. You can choose to have more or less communication than this standard level of requirement.

Direct communication will allow the adoptive parents to communicate with you quickly and easily, and vice versa.  Phone calls, texts, and emails are comfortable and convenient ways to form a lasting bond with your child’s adoptive family.

The open adoption families we work with must be comfortable with at least one in-person visit within the first five years of the child’s life.

This visit would be a good time for you and the adoptive parents to share any questions you might have for each other.

This is a good chance to get reassurance that your child is happy and healthy with their adoptive parents. These in-person visits allow you to form a relationship with the open adoption family so that everyone involved can have a healthy adoption experience.

We make sure all of the open adoption families that work with us understand that their last names may be shared at some point in the adoption process.

At American Adoptions, your adoption will be as confidential as you want it to be. We will never disclose any of your personal information without your permission. However, in the case of open adoption families, staying anonymous isn’t as much of an option.

This exchange of information allows you to know more about the people who will be raising your child.  Adoption is an intimate process and it’s important that you feel like you can trust the open adoption family.

To get more information on finding an adoptive family for your open adoption, call 1-800-ADOPTION or begin viewing available family profiles online.

You Decide What You’re Looking for in an Open Adoption Family

As the birth parent, you will always have a say in what you are looking for in open adoption families. Your adoption professional will be able to guide you through this process. You will be able to fill out a template that lists your preferences for the adoptive family, and your adoption professional will compile open adoption family profiles for you to look through.

Once you’ve chosen an open adoption family that you feel is a perfect match, you can get to know them. The first contact you have with the open adoption family will be a phone call mediated by your adoption professional. After that, you’ll be able to stay in contact with them however you feel comfortable, whether that’s through texts, calls, emails, or in-person visits.

While getting to know the open adoption family, you will be able to discuss what post-adoption contact everyone is open to sharing. As the birth parent, you get to decide the amount of contact you do or do not want to have post-placement. Every birth parent is different and it’s important that you feel comfortable with the amount of communication that you will have with the open adoption family and the child.

To get more information on open adoption families and how you can find the perfect adoptive family for you and your child, call 1-800-ADOPTION or fill out our free information form online. You can also get more information by asking Michelle, a birth parent specialist and a birth parent herself, who is ready to answer any questions you have.             

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