Pregnant and Considering Adoption for Your Baby?

Are you overwhelmed? Surprised? Confused? Excited? Scared? Ready?

Welcome to Open Arms Adoption Network. Open Arms Adoption Network will help you learn about and consider all of your pregnancy options, so that you can create a plan that feels right and that you are comfortable with. Open Arms Adoption Network believes that you should have control over the decisions concerning your pregnancy and we will respect your choice even if it's not adoption. However, if you decide to plan an adoption, an Open Arms counselor will support you, answer all of your questions during the planning process, and assist you in making an adoption plan that works for you. You may choose the adoptive parents (which starts from looking at our Adoptive Family Profiles), spend time with them, and get to know them.

Together with your counselor and the adoptive parents, you will explore the type of relationship you would like to maintain with them after your child is adopted. We educate our adoptive families about open adoption and they are very excited to get to know you and have ongoing contact with you during your child's life, if you wish to stay in touch. The types of contact between birthfamilies and adoptive families include phone calls, exchanging pictures and letters, visits, and emails. You are encouraged to have the level of contact that feels good to you. Sometimes staying in touch may feel too difficult for you, emotionally. We will honor your decision, however, the option to re-connect with the adoptive family is always available to you, months or even years down the road.

Ongoing Support
Open Arms respects birthparents and recognizes that support is needed especially after the baby joins the adoptive family. Open Arms offers free, lifetime counseling to birthparents. Plus, we offer ongoing support on issues such as openness with the adoptive family, grief and loss, and integrating the adoption plan into your life.

Watch a video to hear from some of our families.