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Expectant & Birth Families

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

The choice to make an adoption plan for your child is difficult and requires much thought, careful consideration, and strength. ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA 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.

Expectant parents and birth families can expect to find respect and compassion 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, safe place to talk about the adoption process and to gather useful information, support, and guidance through various services and programs.

Our staff will offer a caring and non-judgmental environment where women, and the significant individuals in their lives, can ask questions, find resources, and have an opportunity to talk with professionals who will truly listen.

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 for up to 6 months post-placement, without charge to the birth parent. On-going services are also available, if necessary. If a birth parent does not feel comfortable meeting at our office. Staff will come to their home or another agreed upon location.

Birth Parent Forum

ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA facilitates a support group for birth mothers who have made an adoption plan. This monthly group meets the fourth Thursday of each quarter from 6:30 pm. to 8 pm. at the offices of ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA. Women 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.

Birth Mother’s Day Celebration

The Birth Parent’s Forum sponsors our annual Birth Mother’s Day celebration which includes dinner and a ceremony. This event was created to honor birth mothers and validate them for the role they have in their birth children’s lives. Women invite the support people in their lives to attend with them and enjoy an evening together with others who understand their journey.

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.