My ex husband and I adopted 2 children, I was there when they were born and brought them home from the hospital. They're half siblings...have the same birthmother. We also have one of the most open adoptions and have been asked to appear on many tv shows...but declined.
I was wondering if anyone else has a open adoption.

I was a child that was an open adption. My mom could not have children and could not afford to adopt thru an agency. So a friend of the family became pregnate and did not want to keep me. She came to my mom and they arranged the adoption. My mom was there thru the whole pregnancy and birth. She brought me home a few days later and I was raised by my mom and dad. She came and saw me off and on when she wasn't traveling from state to state and drinking. Honestly I'm glad that she gave me up to my mom. She was around me for yrs. I found out when I was 9yrs and knew instantly who my birth mom was. Since then she has cleaned herself up and is a good person. We are friends but that's where it ends. My mom is the woman who raised and my son's grandma is my mom. That's sort of an open type adotion.

I glad it happened this way. I have not longing to know who my birth family is b/c I know my birthmoms side and her family. I still at 28yrs do not know my birth father but have not desire too. Honestly I don't even thing my Brith moms knows. I don't want embarssment to come about.

I'm happy and just as adjusted as any other non adopted child would be. The only problem that I have come across is my son finding out about me being adopted. He will bring it up and question whether he is my son. I say yes I gave birth to you. Then it's question grandma. It hard b/c I never wanted him to know that part of my life. He still does not understand the whole idea of adoption but we do talk about it when he feels he has too. But like me this is the only grandma he knows so that's just how it is.

I end my story now and I just wanted you to know that I'm normal and had to bad effects from my adoption.

SPIRIT

My brother and his wife went through an open adoption at the beginning of this year. They tried for years to have a child. They went through an adoption agency. Probably took 6 mos or so, but "had" a baby in January. The adoption was officially finalized the beginning of September. The birth mother and father are together. My brother and sister-in-law take the baby to visit his birth mother and father a couple times a month, I think. The birth mother named him--first name, but they call him by his middle name.
Actually, I had offered to have a baby for them. I had 4 children. Loved being pregnant, and labor and delivery was not a big deal. I had/have no desire to have anymore of my own children, but would have done that for them. I think they thought I was crazy. Now I am in Alaska, many women up here do just that. They give their baby to other family members or families in the village where they live--guess I wasn't so crazy after all.