This morning I received a Facebook Friend Request from my children’s birthmother. It was completely unexpected and through me for a loop! Before I respond, I wanted to ask for the collective wisdom of others.
Both of our children share the same birthmother. Our son was born in September 2008 and we were present for his [...]
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Child’s privacy on facebook?
My husband and I adopted our daughter in March 2009 and it was an open adoption with visits from the birth mother. Birth mother decided to take us to court and to make a long story short, we won the case. In October, the Judge recommended that we begin “contact” going slowly and cautiously and [...]
My daughter’s first mom found us on facebook. Now what?
My daughters birth mom found us on facebook and contacted us a month ago. We corresponded and everything is great. We decided it was best to tell our daughter about her. Well one thing led to another and now we are going to meet her and my daughters biological sister tomorrow. I am very excited [...]
How do I get my child’s adoptive parents to send the pictures?
My daughter is 3 months old. I have an open adoption with weekly emails and pictures whenever the adoptive mom feels like uploading (which she has admitted she’s kinda lazy about, she only likes to do it every couple months or so). I asked about a month ago if I could post a couple of [...]
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