Making this decision first involves self examination and secondly involves getting all of the information you can. This page will help with the self exam…our website will help with getting tons of information. Do not limit your interest to the birth parent section…check out every aspect of adoption through the different sections. Our website is designed to make it easy for you to get the knowledge you deserve.

• Why am I considering adoption?
• Will my family try to understand my reasons for placing my child in the home of another family to raise him/her?
• If my family does not understand, will I be strong enough to do what I need to do for my child?
• What kind of help can I feel certain that the father will be to myself and our child? How do I know?
• What sort of life do I want for my child?
• What can I do to best provide that life?
• Am I able to give a child what he/she demands and needs?
• Would I have to count on my family to help me out?
• The last time I really needed my family’s help, how did that go?
• How did I feel about asking them?
• Can I raise a child and meet my own needs? To finish school? To start a career?
• Is the path I am on the right one for me?
• Could I handle a child and a job and/or school at the same time?
• Am I ready to give up the ability to do whatever I want whenever I want?
• I would have to give up...
• Am I willing to cut back on having fun and staying home while my friends go out without resenting my child?
• Can I afford to support a child? How will I pay for rent, clothing, food, diapers, and other living expenses?
• Am I expecting my child to make my life happy and to love me?
• When I am around small children for a while, I feel…………
• How would I treat a child if I lost my temper or became angry?
• How would I take care of my child’s health and safety?
• Do I enjoy teaching others?
• If I choose adoption, how will I feel knowing my child is with someone else?
• In an open adoption, can I handle seeing my child only when his/her parents will let me?