Birth Moms Real Talk

Nov 14 2024 58 ep. 53 mins 5
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Birth mothers telling their stories of placement.

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Episode 71- Yvonne’s Journey – LIVE Podcast at Black Voices Amplified Summit 2024

Nov 14 2024 62 mins  
We were honored to attend Black Voices Amplified Summit 2024 in NewBrunswick, New Jersey on November 9. 2024. “Yes We Adopt” wasfounded by Stacey Gatlin as an organization committed to raisingawareness, cultivating community, and advocating for Black children andfamilies touched by adoption and fostering. https://www.yesweadopt.comThis was an awesome experience for me to contin

Episode 70 -Two Moms: Adopting Each Other – Carman and Susan – Part 2

Oct 04 2024 50 mins  
Carman and Susan continue their story an adoption plan is made . Carman shared of her unique and sometimes funny journey. Carmen “ Knew” what she wanted for herself and her child. She talked about the “ Fear” from both the birth mother perspective and adoptive mother perspective .Susan talked about being at the birth of Olivia , Carmen’s daughter . Susan has penned her me

Episode 69-Two Moms : Adopting Each Other - Carmen and Susan - Part 1

Sep 20 2024 53 mins  
Carmen and Susan share their journey of life . In typical adoption stories, the birth/first mom and adoption mom may never have a conversation, yet Carmen and Susan had “ Real Talk” and conversations about “ their daughter.These two mothers grew up in different situations and yet started the journey to “grow and learn from each other “.Carmen was an independent college st

Dr.Abby-Truth about the Trauma

Sep 06 2024 59 mins  
Abby is a transracial adoptee as a black adoptee adopted in 1971 by white parents. Her family was interested in adopting another Black child but that did not work out.Her family were told by adoption agencies that a Black child would be the“Cheapest and Quickest “.Abby started searching earnestly for her “truth” with her mother’s dementia,diagnosis.Abby is also a Birth/Fi

Episode 67- Jenny –The Search For What's Best For My Baby

Sep 01 2024 83 mins  
Jenny grew up in a large family with over 80 cousins in Kentucky. Adoption and foster case touched her family through her father. She spoke about 2 grandfathers and 2 grandmothers on her father's side, as the adoption community experiences with adoptive and biological families. As a teenage mother, Jenny was led to believe that open adoption was the BEST decision for her child's li

Shelley - “I Never Gave Up on Him “

Aug 02 2024 71 mins  
Shelley was very engaging as she talked about explored “it” with her “bestie” male friend. After three months, as a first-year student in college, she was overwhelmed to learn that she was pregnant. Her initial feelings were numbness, shock, and fear upon this life-changing news. We spoke about where she was, who she told first and all the specific details that birth/first

Sydney – The Pressures of Being a Birth Mother

Jul 22 2024 48 mins  
Sydney says she was a relative “ normal” kid whose family expected her tobehave at a certain standard because of her “ family influence” in her town .Early in Sydney’s life, trauma and grief entered her life with the tragic lossof her mother. . She then became the “ mother figure” to her youngersiblings.Sydney became a mother without family support as other first/birt

63: Jeanne – What About Me?

Jun 29 2024 63 mins  
Jeanne talked about her life growing up in Canada happily entertaining herself with her dolls. She talked about her anxiousness through her life facing fear and doubting herself. Secrets and fearing sharing the truth were sometimes overwhelming.Jeanne has broken through her fear to share her story for the first time. DNA and Search Angels played a major role in Jeanne’s journey.A

62: Karen - "Fear Made Me Feel Inadequate"

Jun 15 2024 75 mins  
"Karen faced her 'own' birth secrets that she strived to 'untangle'. This gave Karen a unique experience as an adoptee confronted with finding her original birth certificate (OBC). Karen was passionate about the 'Real Talk' of adoption laws from state to state. She shared her story with passion, peace, and purpose. Karen had a straightforward attitude about societal pressures place

61: Denise - Secrets in the Family

Jun 10 2024 64 mins  
Denise’s journey started with her own adoption and her first glimpse into trauma. She grew up in the Mennonite community in Pennsylvania . Denise and Yvonne had some common memories to share . Secrets were prevalent in the family. Denise talked about her experience as a Mennonite and the expectations and acceptance from her parents. She spoke about looking for love and her identi