[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum

Jane As I was reading Montana's new law allowing adoptees access to their original birth certificates,* I came across its law manda...

Jane "This whole adoption thing was supposed to be a lot different in my opinion," said an angry Tyler Baltierra on MTV's...

Happy mom Catelynn "I actually get to feel happy about leaving the hospital," Tyler Baltierra tweeted as he prepared to tak...

Jane Although we at First Mother Forum don't think of ourselves as the Suzy Orman of the adoption world, we recognize that much ...

Jane Aren't kids better off adopted? That's the underlying argument of adoption apologists who feel the answer is an obvious ye...

Lorraine and her daughter, 1982 Catelynn and Tyler continue on as stars of TV trash...or "America's sweethearts." After t...

Tyler and Catelynn Tyler Baltierra, of  Sixteen and Pregnant  fame, of Tyler and Catelynn, has found First Mother Forum, and basically ...

Lorraine What is wrong with a "semi-open" adoption? Just about everything. As a birth mother, you are at the mercy not on...

Catelynn and Tyler talk to Carly on her birthday When Catelynn and Tyler relinquished their newborn daughter Carly  to Brandon and T...

First Mother Forum received this anonymous comment today, but it is too heart-breaking and revealing to leave to a comment that few will...

Note: For those coming here from Tyler Baltierra's Tweet, we have answered his rant against us and published it at a current post :   ...

“Putting an end to secrecy in adoption does not erase the grief or loss embedded in the adoption experience” according to the Evan B. D...

Jane SURRENDERS BASED ON MISINFORMATION ARE NOT CHOICES "Julia,"* a 30-year-old married professional woman who learned her ...

Lorraine Are birth mothers encouraged to stay in the closet?   Damn straight they are. Coming off the philosophical pap of Profess...

An adoptive mother asked recently whether those of us in the Baby Scope Era would have had less pain if we had had an open adoption. (The B...

 Lorraine Breaking News : First Mother Carla Moquin lost her case to have the adoption of her daughter overturned because the adopters, S...

Jane "Birth mothers who participated in more recent open adoptions... found that approximately two-thirds reported a feeling of peac...