Birth Parents

At BraveLove, we're dedicated to erasing the stigmas of adoption, and a big part of that involves sharing stories that honor...

I have been a birth mom for 26 years and navigating what that journey looks like ever since. For a season, I didn’t share my...

Meet Angela! She's a long time friend of BraveLove's and one of our newest contributors to the Being A Birth Mom column......

  Joy and pain being ever present at any given time. Of course, when I think about things for any length of time, I tend to...

I was pregnant at 19 years old, freshman in college, scared, nervous, and alone. I didn’t realize I was pregnant until 7 months...

Warning: The content of this story contains very sensitive subjects and potentially distressing material about the effects of...