"More than anything, I wanted to honor our son’s birth mom’s sacrifice by being the the most loving mom that I could." - Adrian, birth mom and adoptive mom

It can be helpful to hear how people are navigating this unique family relationship of open adoption. We captured this conversation with a birth mom and an adoptive mom.

Watch as Brindan, a birth mom and Jen, her daughter's adoptive mom continue their conversation on how they navigate their open adoption.

We're picking up where we left off with Alison and Sherri's conversation on open adoption. There's a deep bond between these two moms — something they both never could have imagined.

With adoption as my option, I never considered how open it could be. In fact, my idea of “very open” wasn’t all that open at all. I never dreamed that my adoption would be where it is today.

When Alison placed her daughter Peyton with a loving couple 23 years ago, they could never have predicted how their story of open adoption would unfold. Watch this conversation with her daughter's adoptive mom.

How does that work? Won’t that be hard when they get older? Aren’t you afraid the birth mom will want her child back? These are just some of the questions that Jen gets asked about the relationship with her daughter's birth mom, Brindan.

"It has all come full circle. Adoption is beautiful. It wasn't always happy go lucky...The beauty of open adoption. There is always a window to see that everything is ok." - Emily, birth mom #BraveLove

There's not a step-by-step guide on how to do open adoption. But it can be helpful to hear how people are navigating this unique family relationship. We asked a few different birth moms and their children's adoptive moms to share some of their fears, insecurities, and lessons learned. We captured that on film so that you can see for yourself.

When Dominique, a single mom, found out she was pregnant, she felt stuck. She was doing ok parenting one child, but what was it going to look like to now financially support two? Her first thought was to have an abortion or try to parent another child.