Recently, Heather refreshed the memory of her readers, by clearly sharing her core views about adoption. For those who might be a bit “hard of reading”, they were in bold so the point could be easily grasped. I was not surprised by anything there, her views have remained the same as they were years ago when she wrote a publication for the organization C.U.B., “What you should know if you are considering adoption for your baby”.


At the time I first came across Heather’s well written publication, we were seeking to adopt a second child. For my husband and I, the information was valid, and well presented, and therefore something we chose to include in our profile packets for any mothers considering adoption we encountered. I cannot say how much education any one expectant mom gleaned from the booklet, but I do believe if they did read it through, they would know much more in the way of basic considerations about placement than most.

The booklet, which is available for easy download and printing at home, is brief, to the point, and does address many things that both adopting parents and potential birthparents might not gather from educations through a typical adoption agency or facilitator.

To begin with it is stressed that adoption is in fact a permanent solution, one that is perhaps not the best for a temporary type of complication. Money situations, among others things might change and then a birthparent’s feelings about the reasons for placement might change as well.

The publication goes on to talk about things that women who are now birthparents might have benefitted from knowing before they had made an adoption placement. Some of these things include, not realizing how negative society can be concerning birthparents, and understanding that even if a mother might really likes someone she could potentially place her child with, it is important to understand that their hopes and dreams for a baby exist independent of the expectant mother and her child.

Over all this booklet is a good guide for any woman who is considering an adoption for her child, as well as for potential adopting parents to read. Some have criticized that the information is somehow anti-adoption, or negative, but in my honest opinion Heather through her own experience and writing is providing a valuable insight to the consideration any young mother thinking of adoption must make.