What Does it Feel Like to Give Your Child up for Adoption?

Choosing adoption can be one of the best decisions you could ever make. Here’s what it feels like to give your child up for adoption.
Read the StoryThe adoption process is beautiful because it brings people together to give a baby a life filled with love and opportunity.
From deciding if adoption is right for you, to choosing your agency and finding a match, we've broken the adoption process down into 6 steps. Here's how to place a baby for adoption, and here's how to adopt a baby.
We work with all types of waiting families across the country, giving you hundreds of hopeful parents to choose from. Why is this important for you? It gives you a better chance of finding your perfect match.
Your child deserves the best life you can imagine. That's why we work with the best adoptive families in the country, using advanced screening and matching methods to help you find the right one for your baby.
Our staff includes people who have personally been through the adoption process. We've been where you are - which means we provide better support to make this process as easy as possible for you.
With involvement in more than 300 domestic adoptions each year, American Adoptions is currently one of the largest domestic adoption agencies of its kind in the United States.
Read the StoryLindsey was already the mother to one baby with special needs when she found herself pregnant again. A single mom in the midst of a divorce, she knew adoption was the way to give both her daughters what they deserved.
Read the StoryTed Mars, father of American Adoptions' founder Scott Mars, shares how adoption changed his world in ways he could have never imagined.
Read the StoryWhen Scott Mars, the cofounder of American Adoptions, was adopted by his parents, it sparked a lifelong mission to bring other families together through adoption. “Because of adoption, my life was filled with love and opportunity," he says.
Read the StoryChoosing adoption can be one of the best decisions you could ever make. Here’s what it feels like to give your child up for adoption.
Read the StoryThanks to innovations in the adoption process, our agency offers adoption profile videos. We’ve compiled 5 of the best tips on how to make a good video profile.
Read the StoryAs one of the top national adoption agencies in the country, our track record shows just how successful we are at fulfilling your dreams of becoming parents.
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