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Adoption means that you make a plan with an adoption agency to place your baby with a loving family. This enables you to give your child the kind of life you would want to give him or her if your circumstances were different.

Adoption is often one of those “brick walls” one finds in genealogy, especially the farther back one goes. Here are some tips and techniques for ferreting out the details of an adoption when they aren’t readily available.

What’s good about adoption?

* Studies show that most adoptions work out happily.
* Your child could have a ‘life book’ that tells him or her what you would like them to know about you and the baby’s father.
* Through adoption, you can provide your child with both a father and a mother.
* You can say what sort of people you would like to have as parents for your child.
* Adoption means you care about your child. You are giving him or her the opportunity to have what you are unable to provide right now.

What support is there?

Local pregnancy crisis centres are there to support you as you consider adoption. They are there for you through the whole process – the decision making, the pregnancy and the adoption itself. This support can continue for as long as you want.

Take a second look at adoption, get past your initial reaction and see what adoption can do for you and your baby. Find out more about adoption – gathering information doesn’t commit you to anything.

A good first step would be to talk to someone about it. Ring CareConfidential on 0800 028 2228 to talk to an advisor online.