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Barcode Babies: National Infertility Awareness Week Myth Bust
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 4/28/11
Myth: There are Many Unwanted Babies Available for Domestic Adoption National Infertility Awareness Week is April 24-30. As a majority of the families who become clients of A Gift of Hope Adoptions have some degree of infertility, we are proud to celebrate their arrival as parents through adoption. However, this celebration never comes without a [...]
Topics: Adoption Research | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Birth Parents | Events | Matching
The Myth of the Unwanted Pregnancy
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 3/27/11
Recently a colleague and I were discussing some of the questions we get from women considering adoption plans for their unborn (and occasionally, born) children. One of the questions that never ceases to amaze us – and that we get frequently – is “So do you think you will have anyone who wants my baby?” [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Birth Parents
Social Marketing
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 2/3/11
A Gift of Hope Adoptions is always trying to keep up with the latest trends and techniques in social media and marketing while still protecting the privacy of our clients. It can be a fine line, as particularly for adoptive parents exposure to potential birth parents is crucial but it must be countered with protection [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Birth Parents | Matching
Resources for Birth Mothers
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 4/27/10
Some resources for birth mothers including a support forum and grant possibility.
Topics: Birth Parents
Everything to Me, Mark Schultz
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 3/31/10
I know this music video has been around for a while, but I recently rediscovered it and thought I’d share it with you. Mark Schultz is a Christian musician who was adopted as an infant, and this song and video shows you just how grateful he is to his birth mom for making the very [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Birth Parents
Happy Mother’s Day
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 5/8/09
A very happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there – adoptive, biological and birth mothers. Please do remember all the birth mothers out there who may not be celebrating this Mother's Day quite like the rest of us, and if any of you birth moms are reading this post, thank you. Without you, [...]
