adoption

saturday is happy birthmother’s day!

May 5, 2010

You won’t find it on the list of American holidays, it isn’t even on the list of what my husband refers to as the “fake Hallmark holidays,” but nevertheless, to many women, Birthmother’s day is as important as the Thanksgiving turkey. Mother’s day is often a day of mixed joy and sadness for birthmothers. Many [...]

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jennifer | who are birthmoms, really?

February 11, 2010

Chances are, you know an adoptive parent or an adopted person, but when you get to the third member of the adoption triad, a birthparent, far fewer of you have someone who immediately pops into your head, right? A birthmother (or “firstmother” as some prefer), is defined for our purposes here, as a woman who [...]

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jennifer pedley | you mean i don’t have to go to china to adopt a baby?

February 2, 2010

Many people don’t realize that domestic adoption has always been the most common way in which Americans adopt children. Adoptive Families Magazine reports that in 2008, there were 25,000 to 30,000 infants adopted in the U.S. (excluding foster and relative adoption), more than all the international adoptions from every country combined! In the last fifteen [...]

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miracles do happen

January 29, 2010

If you have been following the amazing story of my college friend and her adoption from Haiti then you’ll love to see the latest. Two days ago, Amanda and Isaac arrived home to Kansas City. You can see some video footage here of her darling son holding so tight to his mama. {HERE} Amanda was [...]

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meet jennifer pedley

January 27, 2010

We are honored to have Jennifer Pedley join our team of amazing HHM Contributors. Jennifer will be touching primarily on issues pertaining to adoption (from considering adoption, to adoption plans, emotions, and aftermath) and I can’t wait to, not only become better informed on the topic myself, but to enlighten those of you who have [...]

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“teen mom” turns teen bride (to-be)

January 26, 2010

Don’t miss tonight’s episode of MTV’s Teen Mom. My favorite couple, Tyler and Catelynn, are so adorable and I can’t wait to see Tyler pop the question tonight on MTV’s “Teen Mom” season finale. If you haven’t seen the show before, Tyler and Catelynn found themselves in the difficult position of having to decide whether [...]

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sixteen and pregnant = teen moms

January 6, 2010

I don’t know if I should be admitting this, but my husband and I got hooked on MTV’s Sixteen and Pregnant last year in its first season. It was so interesting to watch how these teenagers dealt with the pregnancies, I actually cried during the episode following the couple who chose adoption. This season was [...]

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hhm ramblings | adoption on 16 and pregnant

July 17, 2009

Wow, am I really crying over an MTV reality show? My husband and I like to catch the new show on MTV, 16 and Pregnant and think it is a great way to inform teens out there the importance of safe sex, or no sex for that matter., until you are of age to provide [...]

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