My Name Is Evie, and I Am a Birthmother
I chose adoption for my daughter during the first trimester, within about a week of learning that I was pregnant. It was not, however, the first option that crossed my mind. It was the summer before my last year of college. I was busy working full-time to support myself. I had recently turned 21 and […]
Finding Help When Placing for Adoption
How a birth mom got the help she needed.
The Year Was 1967 . . . I Was 18 and Pregnant
This Is Us, Too — blog series finale When I first learned of my pregnancy, I got in my car and left the state, staying first with a friend and then with my father and stepmother. When my mother discovered I was pregnant, she urged me to do what was common back then: have the baby and give […]