[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum

Dear First Mother Forum: My spouse and I are moving forward with plans to adopt in the U.S. We are hoping for an infant adoption, usi...

Jane Promises of openness is a common gambit used to separate a mother from her newborn.  We at First Mother Forum believe that if an ...

Jane "One of the most disquieting aspects of adoption on the Internet (as well as through other venues) is the way services are so...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the reaction I get as a birth/first mother from people who are not familiar with adoption as it is and w...

While the adoptasphere is abuzz with reaction to ABC's Find My Family--some of this is bound to reach the ears of legislators, so right...

Become a crusader and life never is boring...Today I'm thinking about that Arab curse that goes something like: May you live in interest...

I seem to be attracting fireballs lately--mainly because a) I'm writing about my daughter and telling people, so that brings up the whol...