Choosing Adoption After You Have Delivered your Baby

An unplanned pregnancy can leave you with a lot of important decisions and questions. Understanding your options helps make sense of what can be such a confusing time. If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy or recently delivered your baby and are uncertain if parenting is for you, you may have questions like:

• Can you give your baby up for adoption at the hospital?
• Is giving a baby up for adoption after birth allowed?
• Can I give my baby up for adoption after taking it home?

This guide explains how no matter if you are considering a hospital adoption, have already given birth, or have even taken your baby home, adoption is always an option.

With over 30 years of experience as one of the nation's largest domestic infant adoption agencies, American Adoptions of Florida has helped thousands of women place their baby for adoption in nearly every different situation imaginable — we are here to help you too.

Call 1-800-ADOPTION or fill out this free form to get more information about placing your child for adoption in Florida either at the hospital or after you have taken them home. 

Until then, continue reading to learn more about when you can place your baby for adoption.

What are the Steps for Giving a Baby Up for Adoption at the Hospital in Florida?

Birth mothers will have various reasons for placing their child for adoption. Whether you have known from the start of your pregnancy or are nearing your due date, it is never too late to decide adoption is best for your baby. 

The process itself will mirror that of a standard domestic adoption, it just may be a bit more compact depending upon when you decide adoption is the right path. The adoption process for giving a baby up at the hospital in Florida can be broken down into five steps.

Step 1: Decide adoption is right for your baby. Making this decision will begin the adoption process. Once you have decided adoption is the best path for your baby, you will call 1-800-ADOPTION and speak with a specialist. 

Step 2: Create your hospital adoption plan. Working with your adoption specialist, you will be in charge of all of the important decisions and steps in the adoption process. Your adoption plan helps implement these decisions and guide your adoption based on your preferences for things like the type of family you hope to find, your goals for the type of relationship you wish to have, how you want placement to occur, and more.

Step 3: Find an adoptive family for your baby. This is one of the most exciting and essential steps in the process, as it will determine the lifestyle your child grows up in. You will set preferences such as religious beliefs, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and more. These preferences will help your specialist narrow down the adoptive profiles they send for you to review. 

Through adoptive family profiles, you'll be able to get a glimpse into the world of hopeful adoptive families, with the hopes of building a connection so that you can decide on who to place your child with.

Step 4: Place your child with the adoptive family. Once you have decided on a family, you will then determine how you envision placement occurring. How much alone time you want with your baby, interactions with the adoptive family, and more, will all be discussed and determined. At this point, 48 hours after you have delivered your baby, you will have the opportunity to fill out all adoption paperwork, which will include your consent forms. 

With the help of your adoption attorney, your adoption specialist will walk you through this paperwork and emphasize the importance of fully understanding the permanence involved when signing these forms.

Step 5: Build your post-placement relationship. If you wish to have a relationship with your child or the adoptive family after placement, you will want to pursue open adoption. All families that hope to adopt through American Adoptions will consider an open adoption if that is the path you so choose. This type of adoption allows you to remain updated and involved in your child's life as they grow up with the adoptive family you chose. 

This is a brief rundown of the adoption process for giving your baby up at the hospital in Florida. By calling 1-800-ADOPTION or filling out this online form, you can get more in-depth information about each step of the process of a hospital adoption and how you are in complete control of how it plays out.

Putting Your Baby Up for Adoption After Birth

An unplanned pregnancy is a lot to handle. With life constantly changing, your plans to parent your baby may suddenly change. Because of this, you may be questioning, "Is putting a baby up for adoption after birth an option?" or, "Can I give my baby Up for adoption after taking it home in Florida?" 

The answer to both of these questions is a resounding yes. Adoption is always an option, whether at the hospital after they were born, or after you have taken them home.  

American Adoptions is here to help you through this process. Giving a baby up for adoption after birth is very common, and we are well-versed in helping birth mothers like you feel as comfortable and confident in your decision. Whether your child was just born or if you have taken them home for a few months, we will help guide you towards finding the best adoptive family for your baby.

The process for giving a baby up for adoption after taking it home in Florida will be similar to any other adoption, with a few minor changes. To help prevent any confusion or misinformation for hopeful adoptive families, you will need to provide documents and information, which may include: 

• Your child's birth certificate and any medical records you may have for them.
• Any info for anyone else who has had custody of your child. 
• Any documented child support from any father.
• Information on where your child has lived throughout their life.
• And more

Your adoption specialist will be able to walk you through the best ways to obtain any of this information you may not have and help answer any questions or concerns along the way.

Contact American Adoptions of Florida

American Adoptions understands this can be a difficult time in your life. Being faced with such an important decision is not easy, but we are here to help make sure you do not have to face it alone. Adoption is an amazing decision, one that benefits everyone involved. Call us at 1-800-ADOPTION or fill out this online form to begin the life-changing process today of a hospital adoption or giving your baby up for adoption after taking it home today.

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