Posted January 21, 2011 at 8:40 AM

Choice Chat: The ups and downs of adoption

filed under: thinking, adoption, Texas, trying, emotions, ChoiceChat, profile, feature, foster care, international adoption, open adoption, stress, transracial, waiting

Writes Valerie: "I've been at a bus stop for a month now.

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Posted November 30, 2010 at 2:55 PM

The Embryo Donation frontier

filed under: trying, embryo, hot topic, resources, telling and talking, open adoption, open-identity donor

As I begin exploring the area of embryo adoption for the Choice Mom community, I am finding partners in the area who can talk us through the wide open frontier it seems to be right now. Here are my notes from one recent conversation.

Posted November 11, 2010 at 2:35 PM

PODCAST: two full shows on adoption

filed under: podcast, adoption, open adoption, ChoiceChat

There are two complete "Choosing Single Motherhood" radio shows that opened up the adoption conversation, now available on our Choice Chat podcast.

Posted November 11, 2010 at 11:55 AM

UPDATED: Our friends in the adoption industry

filed under: adoption, lesbian, resources, international adoption, open adoption

It is hard for singles to find proactive friends in the adoption world. This list will help you find the right ones. We don't recommend anyone as Choice Mom-friendly unless they are also open to the LGBT community.

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Posted September 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM

Choice Mom Guide to Adoption

filed under: adoption, book, international adoption, open adoption, transracial, parenting, thinking, trying, birth family, expert insight, resources, profile

In National Adoption Month I want to share some of the stories of single women who have become mothers because of adoption.

Posted March 30, 2010 at 6:50 PM

Coming to grips with birth and foster families

filed under: adoption, foster care, international adoption, birth family, open adoption

This is an excellent response by my colleague Dawn Davenport to someone who was concerned about the level of affection her adopted child's foster family was feeling toward him.

Posted March 4, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Our 3 biggest regrets

filed under: podcast, thinking, trying, emotions, being, ChoiceChat, ChoiceKids, doctor, commentary, daddy question, donor offspring, open-identity donor, open adoption, telling and talking

There are three things Choice Moms report in hindsight are their biggest regrets. What do you think they are?

3 Regrets in hindsight

What do women wish they had known before they embarked on the Choice Mom journey?

Regret #1: waiting (6.5 minutes)

Regret #2: doctor (11 minutes)

Regret #3: origin story (10 minutes)

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Posted February 11, 2010 at 2:55 PM

Adoption options

filed under: podcast, adoption, open adoption, international adoption, ChoiceChat, thinking, trying

There are some creative and practical methods to adoption, even for today's single. Listen to this insight from single women who have adopted.

Adoption options

Listen to stories and insight about the adoption journey

Lee Varon tip: logistics

Shelly: open adoption

18 minute podcast (2008)

Varon resources