[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum

Lorraine Mitt Romney, as a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, pressured an unmarried woman to give up her unbor...

Jane First Mother Forum has gotten some flak from folks asking why we are bringing the Mormon Church into its discussion of HB 2904,...

Some may ask why we did not resist the social pressure to give up our children, particularly since Lorraine and I were college graduates in ...

The comment from the Mormon birth/first mother to the last post has been on my mind because I am not too kind to mothers who stay in the cl...

My surrendered daughter Megan and I reunited in November, 1997 just after she turned 31. Although we have much in common and get along when ...

I received a nice Christmas card from Rachael, my surrendered daughter Megan’s 20 year old daughter. This is the first communication I’ve ha...

“How did you hear about the ‘American Girl’ show” the grandmotherly voice on the phone asked me? I looked around, and seeing the room was e...

My surrendered daughter Megan, a Mormon, searched for me for over 10 years, finally locating me in late 1997. Shortly after we reunited, she...

When I told Rebecca, my surrendered daughter who is a Mormon, that her Church opposed legislation allowing adult adoptees to obtain their or...

My surrendered daughter Rebecca is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS, Mormon). In spite of a childhood marred by not knowing...