Idaho & Wyoming Adoption Agency | I’m Pregnant

Considering Adoption?

Open Adoption

Understand your Options

The first step in exploring adoption is understanding all your options. That may include parenting, placing for adoption, or other options. Adoption Life offers free, no-pressure options counseling to expectant parents who are considering adoption. Options counseling includes giving accurate and up-to-date information about adoption, considering resources for parenting, and exploring feelings about this pregnancy and your personal goals. Adoption Life supports expectant parents in making the right choice for themselves. While we love adoption and feel it can be a beautiful choice, we recognize it isn’t the right choice for everyone. We’d love to be a resource in considering what pathway forward feels best for you.

Questions to ask yourself:

Are you pregnant and want to know more about the adoption process?

open adoption benefits

Benefits of Open Adoption

Adoption has changed a lot over the last decade. Most of the time it looks nothing like what you have seen on TV and in the movies. Almost all adoptions have some sort of openness as birth parents and adoptive parents almost always have some sort of contact before placement. You get to decide what sort of relationship you would like to have.

Adoption Plan

Making an Adoption Plan

What to Expect When You're Considering Adoption

PROCESS

Begin Your Adoption Story With Us

Options Counseling

You have choices. We’ll support you in exploring all the options available to you and how you feel about them so you can come to the decision that feels right for you

Making the Adoption Decision

Adoption is a beautiful choice for many. If you feel it is the right choice for you, we’ll help you move forward with making an adoption plan that is unique to your situation and needs.

Choosing an Adoption Family

What is important to you in a family? We work with many qualified and amazing families, and we’ll support you in choosing a family that feels like the right fit for your child.

Planning, Counseling, Support, Preparing

We’ll be with you all along the way to help you prepare for your adoption placement.

Hospital & Delivery

We’ll help you make a plan for your delivery that empowers you to have the birthing experience you want. We will also work with the hospital to coordinate services for the adoption.

Placement

Placement will happen at the time and place you are comfortable with. We will be there with you and will coordinate with the adoptive family for a comfortable and supportive experience.

Post Placement Grief Support & Counseling

Our services do not end at placement. We consider everyone who works with us as family, and will be here for you in the immediate aftermath of placement, as well as years down the road.

FAQ

Frequently
Asked Questions

As you consider adoption, you likely have many questions. It can be intimidating to make that first call, but we are here for you. There are many factors that will be important to explore when making a decision about parenting or adoption. We are here to support you in whatever decision feels right in your situation, without any pressure. It is an important decision, one that will be best made with accurate information and compassionate support.

Birth Mother Advice

Birth Mother Stories

What is adoption?

Adoption is a loving and thoughtful choice where biological parents choose a qualified, loving, stable, and permanent adoptive family for their child. Through the adoption process, a person or couple legally become the parents of a child who is biologically related to someone else.

Why choose adoption?

Parents usually choose adoption because they care about their child and his or her well-being. They recognize that adoptive parents may be in a better position to raise the child. Often they are looking for a loving, stable, permanent home for their child.

What About Parenting My Baby?

Parents have a fundamental right to parent their children. A parent should never be forced to place a child for adoption. At Adoption Life, we will never pressure you to place a child for adoption if you do not feel it is the right decision for you. Sometimes it takes time to sort out how you feel about this huge decision, and Adoption Life professionals will be here to help support you regardless of your decision.