by Mardie Caldwell | Jan 30, 2018 | adoption match, adoption scam, birth mothers
Dear Mardie, A potential birth mother called us! I used the forms included in the Birth Mothers: Meeting and Matching lesson, and have another call scheduled next week, after she receives our long version profile in the mail. I have answers to almost all the...
by adoptforlife | Nov 14, 2017 | birth mothers
Preparing for the first contact Many people are fearful of speaking with birth parents. “I don’t know what to say” or “I’m fearful of saying the wrong thing” are common statements that I hear. Those thoughts and feelings are completely normal. The best...
by Mardie Caldwell | Jul 11, 2017 | adoption match, birth mothers
Dear Mardie, When I share our program with other people, some of them say we should have gone with an agency that is full service and does the matching for us. They don’t understand why we are doing so much of the work ourselves. What should I tell them? For...
by Mardie Caldwell | Jun 20, 2017 | adoption journey, adoption match, birth mothers
Dear Mardie, I feel like most of the women who have contacted us so far have changed their mind about adoption (or us as the parents) or have been potential scammers. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? How many women do I have to talk to before I find the...
by Mardie Caldwell | Jun 6, 2017 | adoption networking, birth mothers
Dear Mardie, Can you please write a blog post reminding people to use the forms and write things down? I think I lost a good potential birth mother. You see, after advertising and networking, we hadn’t had any legitimate nibbles until about two months ago when “Mary”...
by adoptforlife | May 30, 2017 | birth mothers
Last week we started looking at myths about the “typical” birth mother… A myth, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a story that is usually of unknown origin and at least partially traditional, that ostensibly relates historical events usually of...
