I have experienced firsthand the courage of two birth mothers who chose my husband and me to raise their babies. We met these pregnant women, as well as the birth fathers and birth grandparents, of ...

Pennsylvania residents Caitlin Trone and Christian Mayer were both adopted, but Trone's adoption was open and Mayer's was not. Mayer's closed adoption created a lot of guilt and shame he had to ...

My husband and I adopted four children over the span of seven years. All of them are open adoptions. These arrangements allow for varying degrees of contact between adoptive and birth families. In our ...

Catelynn Baltierra gave her first child up for adoption in 2009. She and her boyfriend Tyler had PTSD after the experience. Baltierra is opening up about her adoption experience to help others going ...

Birth mothers who created adoption plans for their children with Adoptions From the Heart say they were embraced by the agency and given comfort, support, and acceptance through the emotional process.

Even as agencies shift to open adoption models, overall adoptions have declined 22% since 2020 in Delaware. Private adoption agencies increasingly are focusing on open adoptions as research supports ...