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So
if I decide on adoption, how does this whole thing work?
FIRST
PHASE
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Call Adoption Network of
Colorado toll-free at 800-982-3778 or
303-795 -8200, or email us at
allison@adoptioninternational.net.
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Meeting with an experienced
Adoption Network of Colorado counselor, who
will assist you in exploring your feelings about adoption. Adoption can
be a positive solution for a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy.
However, it does not work for everyone. We'll help you learn the
decision-making process, and discuss your options, so that you may
decide what is best for you and your baby.
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Complete and sign paperwork needed for your
confidential file.
SECOND
PHASE
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Begin pre-natal care, or obtain your medical records for
Adoption Network of Colorado.
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You can choose the adoptive family for your baby by reviewing
profiles of our waiting families.
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If you desire, you can meet the family you have chosen, or
talk to them by telephone.
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You and the adoptive family can discuss and come to an
agreement concerning the level of openness and the amount of contact you
desire in the future.
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Continue in counseling for information and emotional
support. Counseling through Adoption Network of Colorado is provided both before and
after the birth of your baby. With your counselor, prepare the Hospital
Plan form.
THIRD
PHASE
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Tour the hospital where you will be giving birth, and
pre-register.
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Keep in touch with the family you have chosen, through
meetings, telephone calls and/or e-mail.
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When you go into labor, the adoptive parents and your
counselor can meet you at the hospital when you have been admitted, if
that is your desire. Your counselor will assist you in interfacing with
the hospital staff, and in completing the required paperwork. She will
also provide as much care and emotional support as you need.
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Your baby will be placed directly with the adoptive
parents you have chosen) no foster care).
FOURTH PHASE
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After placement of your baby, you can expect a period of
mourning. Adoption
Network will help you understand the
normal grief process that accompanies loss in placing a child for
adoption. We encourage you to participate in counseling for as long as
you need it.
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Adoption Network of Colorado will provide all legal services after the
birth and placement of Your baby, in
relinquishing your parental rights.
" From what I see of you, something is there, even now, that
wasn't there before. There are glimpses of wholeness behind the thousands
of shattered pieces of your broken heart, a new, whole self who has dared
to face life's most frightening moments. Even though the little things
bring sobs to your throat, you are indeed brave. Even though confusion has
disordered your life, you are indeed brave. You are brave because, in the
very act of grieving for what has been lot, you are opening up to what
will be new. You are sharing unimagined, but certainly waiting for you at
the end of your time of mourning."
Molly Fumia- Safe Passages
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