if you wanted to give a baby up for adoption?
Jadey asked:
like say you gave birth to the baby, and you didnt want it, are you able to just give it up for adoption after you have it, as in you dont have to take it home with you from the hospital?
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like say you gave birth to the baby, and you didnt want it, are you able to just give it up for adoption after you have it, as in you dont have to take it home with you from the hospital?
Just curious.
April 19th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Yes. Typically mothers who give their newborns up for adoption never take the child home with them Marissa C
April 20th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
yes. all they have to do is go to the adoption acency before the birth and sign some papers and hopefully there would be a family that the mom would choose to give it to them Allison
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:19 am
Yes, just talk ask to talk to the priest in the hospital.
Also, once you come home (and depending on which state you live in - most states allow for this) you can drop off your baby at any fire department, no questions asked. rtrentmartin
April 25th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Typically people don’t just decide that they don’t want their baby after it was born. Most of the time adoptions are already planned for and set up before the baby is born, because this is a long process. If you already have it established the adoptive parents would then take the baby home with them from the hospital. However, if there were no adoption plans in place before the baby was born, and the parents decide at the hospital that they don’t want the baby, then they would need to speak to a hospital social worker before discharge. From that point on, the social worker could connect the family with the proper people and resources they need. Typically if the parents say that they flat out don’t want the baby, and there are no adoption plans in place, they would contact children’s services, who would place the baby in foster care for the time being. They wouldn’t want someone to take a baby home if they don’t want to, because they would then run the risk of them hurting the baby or something like that. ColumbusGirl
April 28th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Sadly yes, you can abandon a child at any age. 7rin
April 29th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
That can be done but I wouldn’t say its good for your baby. dean
April 30th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
That is a possibility. nelawala
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 am
What in the hell is wrong with you people! Yeah! , you can give the baby away the day its born! Don’t worry, one day im sure they will invent a procedure where they can remove the fetus from your body and it can live in a machine up until its time for them to be born so you don’t have to take them home with you! If you don’t want a baby, then stop making them! Matt
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:31 pm
it’s not “abandoning” your baby. There are so many people who are desperate to give a baby a loving supportive home. Some couple will be eternally grateful to you. If they’re good people they’ll let that baby know how very difficult this decision is that you’re making, and how it came from a place of true unselfishness and love. That’s what we hope to do. good luck.
May 4th, 2010 at 2:42 am
Yes, that is how most adoptions work. If you arrange the adoption in advance, you can work out with the adoptive parents how much contact you want to have with the baby, ie, if you want to hold baby in the hospital, or if you’d rather not.. also, how much contact you want to have with the family after the adoption. In an open adoption arrangement, you can get pictures and updates and possibly visits with the child, depending on what you agree to. Closed adoption means that you do not meet the birth parents, and you do not have contact with the child after the adoption.
You can also go through an agency, or do a private adoption. AmyAKy
May 6th, 2010 at 5:47 am
You can leave your baby at the hospital, they won’t throw him/her in the garbage. Give yourself a few days, what you are going through is probably unconscious grief and anxiety. Cleopatra
May 9th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
unfortunately yes. the maternal instinct is such a beautiful thing isnt it. Susan
May 13th, 2010 at 12:30 am
Its done every day so I’d guess its possible. Its also kinda sad… poor infant, that’s the first thing that happens to it…
Life is different for all people… and they all have a different start. Raven
May 14th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
“…are you able to just give it up for adoption after you have it,…”
Vultures who encircle hospital maternity wards love easy prey. Wellspring
May 17th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Yes you can, but you also have the oportunity to chose the family for your baby, with a semi open adoption. find a agency I have a name, they will help yowith any expeses ad therapy.
Good luck Carney
May 20th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
If you have already had the baby you can still give it up adoption. There are many agencies that you can talk to to give your child up for adoption. I am on the list of an agency to adopt a child and young children at this time are very hard to find to adopt. It takes most families like me about one to two years to adopt a young child.
You can also go to your local Social Services department and they will take your child.
Should you need an adoptive parent send me an email and we can talk.
Blessings always and best wishes with your decision.