Birth Parents
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I Was Scared that if I Held Her I’d Never Let Her Go — Laurisa’s Story
I was completely heartbroken to find out that I was expecting again. At the time my then husband and I were renting one bedroom...
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Birth Mom Connections
I talk about being a birth mom a lot. It’s something I am passionate about because I long to see human dignity stretch into...
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A Letter to a Younger Me
This letter is intended to reach birth mothers who don’t quite understand their emotions yet of a new placement or even an old...
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“You name it and I’ve felt it” — a birth mother’s story
At 15, I found myself 4 months pregnant. I was lost, ashamed, terrified and absolutely in love with the life growing inside me....
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Meet Allie
Meet Allie! She's one of our newest contributors to the Being A Birth Mom column... Hey there, I'm Allie! I am a birth mother,...
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Zachary | A birth father from Georgia
One word to describe how you felt the moment you discovered your partner was having a baby? When I found out my college...