Birth Mother Adoption Support Groups

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Support groups for birth mothers and birth fathers are difficult to find on a national scale and most are on the local level.  Thy can be very helpful in that you can talk to other birth parents who have gone through some of the same experiences you may be having.  Many support groups can help you with individual issue and many serve as a forum for reuniting birth parents with children.  The quality of the search groups varies greatly, so you may have to contact several before you find one that fits your needs and where you feel comfortable.  Listed here are some to help you get started. 

If you need additional information or assistance please feel free to contact Dr Vince Berger who is a licensed psychologist who has been helping birth mothers, birth fathers, and adopting families for 40 years.

AdoptionServices.org contains one of the largest updated lists of support groups for pregnant women and additional list of support groups for birth mothers and for those who parent their child.

This birth mother email support group was started by a birth mom. "It is a place that we can talk about our feelings about giving our children up, our search efforts, our reunion issues , and also a place that we can talk about the other thousand things going on in our lives! We want it to be a place that other birth moms will feel comfortable. If you are a mom, I would like to invite you to join our group. It comes to you by way of email.  It cannot be read by anyone that is not a subscriber and it is only for birth moms."

Concerned United Birth Parent provides support for birth parents who have relinquished a child to adoption; to provide resources to help prevent unnecessary family separations; to educate the public about the life-long impact on all who are touched by adoption; and to advocate for fair and ethical adoption laws, policies and practices. 

NACAS Support Groups database contains almost 900 adoption-related support groups from across the United States and Canada.

Yahoo Birth Mother Support Groups will encourage you to join their group if you are a birth mother, birth mother to be or pregnant and considering releasing your baby through adoption. Birth fathers are also encouraged to join.

Many support groups for a birth mother and birth father are state based like the Michigan support group list GenealogyToday.com  and New York support groups NyAdoption.org.  These local support groups can be found on your internet provider search engine.

American Adoption Congress promotes family connections in adoption, foster care and assisted reproduction.  Among other things the AAC is committed to increasing public awareness about the realities of adopted life for birth and adoptive families and to facilitating birth family reunification for all adopted adults, without prior restraint, through search and support group networking and/or social service assistance.

Please contact us by phone or email at Adoption Services if you need additional help.