The life crisis of an unplanned and unexpected pregnancy is often frightening and confusing. It is generally nothing that you have been prepared for and to make an informed decision about how to handle things and even to learn what options are available, it is important to have current, factual information, as well as support. If possible the support of people who are important in your life is good to have, but even those people may not be informed regarding the options available to you and the consequences to those choices.

We do not know what is the right choice or option for you, but we do have information that may help you to decide. We would like you to know how adoptions are done currently and how you can still be a part of the life of the child that you give birth to, even if you feel that you are unable to parent at this time in your life. Open adoption offers the option to you of making adoption plans for your child with a family of your choice, who will stay involved in a relationship with you and let you and your child develop a relationship as the child is growing up. The family will honestly let the child know that you are the child's birth mother or birth father, although to the child, you may initially seem like a cousin or an aunt or uncle in regard to the type of relationship that you have. The adoptive mother and father will be the parents that raise the child and that he or she relies upon, but you will still be an extended family member.

If you choose adoption, we want to offer you education and support in making your adoption plans, choosing an adoptive family that is a good fit for you and we want to provide support to you throughout the adoption planning process and afterwards.

Let us help you become less confused and make a plan for parenting or for planning adoption that will be a good fit for you. Our main goal is for you to look back on your decision years from now and be at peace with the plan that you have chosen.