I’m Pregnant & Considering Adoption
If you are pregnant and considering adoption, you do not have to figure everything out alone.
Open Arms Adoption Co. provides compassionate guidance and professional support to help you understand your options and decide what feels right for you and your baby.
A Safe Place to Ask Questions
Choosing whether adoption is right for you is a deeply personal decision. You deserve the opportunity to ask questions, understand your choices, and make decisions without pressure.
Our team is here to listen, explain the process, and help you understand what to expect at each stage.
Compassionate Support
Talk with our team about your situation, your questions, and the options available to you.
Your Choices Matter
Your wishes and preferences are an important part of creating an adoption plan that reflects your circumstances.
Professional Guidance
Our team helps coordinate the adoption process and the professionals involved along the way.
Support Throughout Your Adoption Journey
Your application is free, and our team can help you understand the adoption process, explore your options, learn about prospective adoptive families, and create an adoption plan that reflects your wishes.
Depending on your circumstances and the services appropriate to your situation, our support can include:
- Confidential adoption counseling and support
- A dedicated caseworker
- Help understanding your options
- Assistance reviewing prospective adoptive families
- Open, semi-open, or closed adoption planning
- Birth and hospital planning
- Transportation assistance when applicable
- Coordination with social workers, attorneys, hospitals, and other professionals
- Assistance with legally permitted pregnancy-related expenses
- Post-placement support
What Happens After You Apply?
Starting the adoption process does not mean you have to know all the answers right away. Our team will help you understand the next step.
Apply for Free
Tell us a little about yourself and your situation through our free application.
Our Team Contacts You
A member of the Open Arms team will contact you to learn more about your situation and answer your questions.
Talk With Your Caseworker
Your caseworker can help explain the adoption process and discuss the options available to you.
Create Your Adoption Plan
If you decide to move forward, your team can help you create an adoption plan based on your wishes and circumstances.
Learn About Adoptive Families
You may have the opportunity to review appropriate prospective adoptive families and share preferences about the family you would like for your child.
Birth, Placement & Support
Your team can help coordinate birth and hospital planning, legal and professional steps, placement, and post-placement support.
You Can Have a Voice in the Adoption Plan
Choosing an adoptive family can be an important part of an expectant parent's adoption plan.
Depending on your circumstances and the adoption plan you choose, our team can help you learn more about appropriate prospective adoptive families.
Family profiles may include information about:
- Family and marriage story
- Children and pets
- Careers
- Hobbies and interests
- Faith and values
- Home and community
- Parenting philosophy
- Reasons for wanting to adopt
- Hopes for their future family
- Letter to an expectant mother
Our team can coordinate communication between you and a prospective adoptive family rather than providing direct private contact information.
Choose the Adoption Plan That's Right for You
There is no single type of adoption relationship that works for every family.
Depending on the circumstances and your wishes, an adoption may be:
Open Adoption
An open adoption may allow ongoing communication and contact between the birth family and adoptive family according to the relationship and arrangements established by the parties.
Semi-Open Adoption
A semi-open adoption may involve communication or updates through an agreed-upon method, often with boundaries established by the parties.
Closed Adoption
A closed adoption generally involves limited or no ongoing identifying communication between the birth family and adoptive family.
Our team can help explain the differences and help you understand the options available to you.
Preparing for the Birth
Birth and hospital planning can be an important part of your adoption plan.
Our team can help coordinate communication and planning with the appropriate professionals and help you understand what to expect as your due date approaches.
Depending on your wishes and the circumstances, you may also choose whether and how a prospective adoptive family is involved in the birth or hospital experience.
Any involvement will be based on your wishes and what is appropriate under the circumstances and applicable requirements.
Support Doesn't End With Placement
Adoption can bring many different emotions and questions. Our team can continue to provide support and help coordinate the appropriate post-placement services.
We want you to understand what happens next and have access to the appropriate professionals and resources throughout the process.
You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone
If you are pregnant and considering adoption, you can start by reaching out to Open Arms Adoption Co. Your application is free, and our team is here to listen, answer your questions, and help you understand your options.