Sometimes a story comes along that makes you question the things you thought you knew about adoption, and today is one of those stories. Laura is a birth mother from California who feels passionately about sharing her incredibly positive adoption experience. After placing her child in an open adoption over three years ago, Laura is still beaming with joy about her adoption process and the adoptive family. She believes that not all birth mothers go through the same grief process, and she is sharing her story about her life-changing experience in the hopes that it will empower and inspire other women. She shares how she and the birth father immediately connected with the adoptive parents, and why she decided to spend the first three days together with them and the baby after placement. Laura feels she was meant to have a different experience in order to show people that there are other ways to process loss. This episode offers a very inspiring and fresh perspective that proves everyone has their own story in the adoption journey.
Helping Adoptees Find Their Birth Parents and Understanding Their Journey: The Jackie Bradfield Story [S5E7]
What Adoptees' Stories Can Teach Us [S5E6]
Calcutta is my Mother: Reshma McClintock’s Adoption Story [S5E5]
Out of a South Korean Orphanage: Glenn Morey's Story About Finding His Voice and Creating a Documentary [S5E4]
From an Empty Car Seat to a Full House: Shawn and Shannon’s Incredible Story [S5E3]
A Miracle of Timing: Mike Marsden’s Story of Faith, Adoption, and Resilience [S5E2]
Destined for Motherhood: A Story of Adoption and Surrogacy [S5E1]
Season Five of ADOPTION NOW!
Life After Placement: Brandi Miller’s Open Adoption Story [S4E17]
Reggie Rivers, Former NFL Running Back [S4E16]
The Gift of Adoption [S4E15]
Adopting 4 Children from Foster Care [S4E13]
Adoption Tell All [S4E12]
Birth Father Perspective [S4E11]
Becky Fawcett with Helpusadopt.org [S4E10]
Arrow and Root [S4E9]
Adopting a Baby from India [S4E8]
Adopted From Korea - Meg Nyberg's Story [S4E7]
Cherie Burton: Birth Mother and Adoptive Mother [S4E6]
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