Expectant & Birth Families
Pre- and Post-Placement Services for Expectant Parents & Birth Families

Expectant parents and birth families will find respect and compassion from the staff at ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA. Staff members include birth mothers who understand the decisions still ahead of you. It is our mission to provide you with a comfortable and safe place to talk about your options and to gather useful information, support, and guidance through your decision making process.

Our staff will offer a caring and non-judgmental environment where women, and their significant others, can ask questions, be linked to resources, and have an opportunity to talk with professionals who will truly listen.

Choosing the best option for yourself and your child is difficult and requires much thought, careful consideration, and great strength. Our staff believes such decisions require our utmost attention. Issues of guilt, grief, love, and loss often may make it even harder to make a decision. At ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA we provide individual, couples, family, and group counseling to help you weigh your options and make the right decision for you and your child.

Should you decide to make an adoption plan, our clinical staff will provide counseling and support throughout the adoption process. We recognize that adoption plans are made out of love. We will help you through your healing process and assist with your return to work or school.

Both pre-placement and post-placement services are available, without charge to birth parents. If a birth parent does not have transportation or would not feel comfortable meeting at our office our staff are able to come to their home or another agreed upon location.

Birth Parent Support Network

ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA facilitates a support group for birth parents who have made an adoption plan. This quarterly group meets the fourth Thursday of the months of January, April, July, and October from 6:30 pm. to 8 pm. at the offices of ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA. Birth parents share their joys and sorrows and receive encouragement, wisdom, and support from other women who have walked the same path. The group was created by birth mothers for birth mothers.

We also have other supportive paths including a private Facebook Group, Indiana Birthparents, and an email listserve. All birthparents with a connection to Indiana may be included. Please contact Natalie Stevens at nstevens@ad-in.org for more information or to request to join.

Birth Mother’s Day Celebration

The Birth Parent Support Network sponsors our annual Birth Mother’s Day celebration which includes dinner and a ceremony honoring birth mothers and validating them for the role they have in their birth children’s lives. Women invite a support person in their lives to attend with them and enjoy an evening together with others who understand their journey. This event is held on the Thursday evening prior to Mother’s Day. Contact Natalie at nstevens@ad-in.org for more information.

Memory boxes

Hand-painted boxes are made by birth and adoptive families, and adoptees. The memory boxes are then donated to local hospitals and given to women who have just placed their child for adoption. These boxes remind women that they are not alone and that they are respected. The boxes contain information on the grief process for birth parents and how to access our services. Literature, poetry, a journal, and some self-care items are also included. This box was designed as a safe place for cherished items of remembrance of their birth child. Donations help support this endeavor. To make a donation link