Are Babies Placed for Adoption Always Adopted?
When you work with an adoption agency, you can rest assured that you will find an adoptive family for your child. All adoption agencies have the resources to find loving, hopeful adoptive families prepared to raise your child.
Contact an adoption professional today to learn more about how adoption agencies ensure you find a family for your child.
Continue reading our guide about adoption to find out how adoption works and why an adoption agency will always help you find the perfect family to place your baby with.
Are Babies Placed for Adoption Always Adopted?
Yes.
You never have to worry that your child will be placed with a loving adoptive family because you’re in charge of the adoption process.
You’re always in control of what happens to your child when you work with a private adoption agency.
How Adoption Agencies Place Babies
It’s common for prospective birth moms to worry that their children will become part of the foster care system. When you choose to place your child for private adoption, they will never go to a foster home.
Because you are voluntarily placing your child for adoption, you can choose all aspects of your baby’s adoption and adoption journey.
You’ll always get to choose:
- The adoption professional you work with
- Your baby’s adoptive parents
- The amount of contact you want to have with the adoptive family before, during, and after the adoption
- Your hospital plan
- And more
What to Know About Adoption
When you choose to place your child for adoption, you and your baby will go through the “domestic infant adoption process.” Modern private adoption is based on your needs, and your adoption professional will work to ensure you get everything you need.
Also, there are far more hopeful adoptive families than prospective birth moms. You’ll always have the opportunity to pick the family who adopts your baby, and your child is never at risk of not getting adopted.
Steps to Place a Baby for Adoption
Although all adoption journeys differ, all prospective birth mothers go through similar steps.
Step 1: Choose an Adoption Agency to Work With
You can choose to work with one of two types of adoption agencies.
- National adoption agency: A national adoption agency works with hopeful adoptive families throughout the country. These agencies often have more resources.
- Local adoption agency: A local agency works with prospective adoptive families living near you.
Step 2: Work with an Adoption Professional and Make an Adoption Plan
Your adoption professional will work to ensure you get everything you need on your adoption journey.
The first thing you and your professional will do is create your adoption plan. This plan will detail everything you and your baby want and need during your pregnancy and delivery and after you give birth.
Step 3: Find an Adoptive Family
Next, you’ll have the opportunity to look at prospective adoptive family profiles. Every profile you see will detail the lives of people who have already been screened and are ready to adopt. These families are committed to loving and raising your child.
Step 4: Give Birth and Sign Adoption Paperwork
You will get to detail your birth plan in your adoption plan. This plan will make sure you have everything you need at the hospital. After giving birth, you’ll sign the final adoption paperwork, and your baby will go home with their adoptive family.
Step 5: Enjoy Your Relationship with Your Child
If you choose to have an open adoption, you, your child, and the adoptive family will have the chance to contact each other and share important life updates.
A few common ways birth mothers stay in contact with their children are through:
- Phone calls
- Emails
- Video chats
- In-person visits
- Photos
How Foster Care Works
Some prospective birth parents worry that children placed for private adoption end up in foster care, but we can assure you that they don’t.
When you make a voluntary adoption plan with an adoption professional, your professional will help you choose hopeful adoptive parents you feel are right for your baby. This means that your baby never goes into state custody and will never be in a foster home. When your baby is born, you can place them directly into their adoptive parents’ arms.
Start the Adoption Process Today
Hundreds of waiting prospective adoptive parents want to meet you and welcome your child into their family. You will always be able to find a loving adoptive family for your child.
Contact us to start looking for your baby’s adoptive family now.