Understanding your options for an unplanned pregnancy is essential for the overall well-being of you and your baby. If you are uncertain what to do with your baby, you may have questions about how to put your unborn baby up for adoption. Questions like:

• Is adoption for your unborn baby an option?
• How do you find adoptive parents for your unborn baby in Florida?
• Who can help with your adoption?

This guide helps explain how adoption is always an option for your unborn baby, the steps for finding adoptive parents, and how American Adoptions of Florida will be by your side every step of the way to ensure your adoption goes as best as possible.

Adoption is a life-changing and selfless decision, one nobody should have to make on their own. For over 30 years, we have helped birth mothers like you place their children for adoption — and we are here for you as well. Call us at 1-800-ADOPTION or fill out our online form to learn more about putting your unborn baby up for adoption. 

Until then, continue reading to learn more about the adoption process in Florida.

Five Steps to Putting an Unborn Baby Up for Adoption in Florida

Whether you have known adoption was the path you wanted to pursue the moment you found out you were pregnant, or if you are several months along in your pregnancy, putting your unborn baby up for adoption is always an option. The process for doing so can be explained in five steps. These steps are described below.

Step 1. Deciding Adoption is Right for You 

Choosing adoption for your unborn baby in Florida is one of the bravest decisions you will ever make. Putting their needs first and giving them a life of opportunity and care shows the amount of love you have for your child. When you make this choice, you will call 1-800-ADOPTION to discuss your decision with an adoption specialist so they can get your adoption journey started.

Step. 2 Creating an Adoption Plan

Working with your adoption specialist, you will begin to create your adoption plan. This plan puts you in control of your preferences on how you want the adoption for your unborn baby to play out, as well as any of the crucial decisions along the way. Decisions like:

• Your choices on the type of adoption you wish to pursue
• The type of adoptive family you hope to find for your baby
• Your hospital/birth plan
• Pairing you with legal representation
• And more

Having this plan in place allows you to voice your opinions and preferences while understanding how your adoption will progress.

Step 3. Finding the Adoptive Family

When you think about the family you want to raise your child, who do you envision? Any preferences for things like faith, their sexual orientation, the ethnicity of the adoptive family, location, and more, will all be considered so that American Adoptions can help you find the best adoptive family for your baby. 

Your specialist will provide you with adoptive family profiles, where you will review videos that provide a glimpse into the personality and lifestyles of hopeful adoptive families. The purpose of these videos is to spark a connection between you and the family hopefully, so that they can be chosen to place your child with.

This is one of the most exciting but important steps in the adoption process. For more information on how to find adoptive parents for your unborn baby in Florida, call 1-800-ADOPTION to speak with an adoption specialist.

Step 4. Completing Your Hospital Stay and Placement of Your Baby

When the time comes to deliver your baby, you will have a plan in place that covers which hospital your delivery will take place, who you want in the room, how you wish placement will go, and more. Having these details established helps avoid any added stressors or confusion when the time comes to deliver.

After you have given birth, you will place your baby with the adoptive family you have hand-selected. Florida adoption law states that a birth mother must wait 48 hours after delivery before signing any adoption paperwork, consenting to the transfer of parental rights. Your adoption specialist and attorney will educate you on this process and explain the significant and permanent impact signing your adoption paperwork will have.

Step 5. Building Your Post-Placement Relationship

If you chose to pursue an open adoption for your unborn baby, you have decided you want to remain involved in your baby’s life. After placement occurs, open adoption allows you to continue having a relationship with the adoptive family. Depending upon the level of openness agreed upon, you will receive updates about your baby in the form of emails, letters, texts, or more. 

In some situations, you may even have meetings with the family and your child, where you will be able to explain your decision to them in person and stay as an involved member of their support system. Open adoption is not right for everyone, but it may be right for you! Your adoption specialist will inform you of the benefits choosing this type of adoption can have on everyone involved in the process. 

Benefits of Choosing Adoption

When you choose adoption for your unborn baby in Florida, you are giving them a lifetime of love and support. You are providing them the chance to grow up in an environment you may not have been able to give them yourself. You are giving them a life of opportunity. 

There are numerous benefits for your child, but as a birth mother, you may overlook or be unaware of the benefits adoption can provide you as well, especially while pregnant. Benefits such as:

• More time to find the perfect family for your baby
• More time to pinpoint important details of your adoption plan
• Giving the gift of parenthood for a family who may have struggled with infertility, the loss of a child, or have their reasons for wanting to adopt
• The opportunity for you to continue pursuing your life goals without unexpectedly having to figure out how to make parenting a baby fit those plans
• Financial assistance during your pregnancy so that you are faced with the financial burden medical bills and delivery costs can bring
• The peace of mind knowing your child is in a safe and loving home
• Counseling services and legal representation at no costs to you
• So much more

When you choose adoption, you are doing so out of the love you have for your child. You are already making one of the most difficult decisions you will ever face, so you should not have to worry about the financial aspect of things. This is why adoption is always free of cost for birth mothers. You will receive the service and care you and your baby need without worrying about the costs associated. 

Contact American Adoptions of Florida

We understand an unplanned pregnancy and putting your unborn baby up for adoption in Florida is a lot to process. From the moment you find out you are pregnant to years after your placement, your adoption specialist is here for anything and everything you made need during this life-changing journey.

Whenever you are ready, call 1-800-ADOPTION or fill out our online form to get more information about how to put your unborn baby for adoption and the benefits of doing so.

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