Self-Matching Adoption Outreach Guidance
Self-matching, or independently matching your adoption without an agency, is becoming an increasingly popular choice for hopeful adoptive families. It’s usually cheaper and allows you to connect with your expecting family much deeper. However, we’ve noticed that...
Adoption Experience: Derek & Rich – An Interview with Steffany Aye
Today’s blog post is a special treat! One of our adopting families, Derek and Richard, who adopted their daughter, Avery, through Adoption & Beyond, graciously agreed to be interviewed. We have the opportunity to listen to their story of adoption and glean from...
Adoption Trauma
No matter how a child is adopted into your family, there will always be trauma. From infant adoptions to foster care adoptions to international adoptions, there is always trauma involved. A common misconception is that your child can avoid trauma if adopted at birth,...
Adoptive Father’s Publishing Company Is Born from Adoption Fundraiser
It’s a pleasure to share the most important story of my life with you, but I also feel the weight of it. This is a story about infertility, and, to put it simply, infertility is grief. At least, that’s how I define it. I wrote an article about infertility many years...
What Is An Adoptive Home Study Anyway?
What’s an adoptive home study? What does it entail? What do you need to do, and how do you survive the process? I often tell families that the home study process is intrusive, but everyone has to go through it if they want to adopt a child. It’s not anything unique to...
How to Survive a Failed Adoption
Sometimes adoptions don’t always go through as expected. There are times, even when working closely with the expecting mother, that the mother will change her mind and want to keep the baby. This is what we call a failed adoption. Don’t look at it as your failure to...
Why Expecting Moms Choose Adoption
In previous posts, I have acknowledged the big decision it is for a family to decide to adopt. This week, I’d like to acknowledge the even bigger decision an expecting mom makes to place her child for adoption.. Some negative thoughts are floating around about what...
Medical Leave for Adoption
Whether you are new here or have been following Adoption & Beyond for a while, you know the adoption process can be lengthy and complicated. We here at Adoption & Beyond believe the more you know, the smoother the process will be. This week, we answer a big...