These are quotes from actual birthmothers who have worked with Adoption.com and ParentProfiles.com.

Placing a child is the hardest decision a person can face. Adoption.com shows adoption as a full circle- a circle that never ends- a circle filled with love, support, care and concern. Perhaps the best thing they offer is the chance to find out that you are not alone…no matter where you are on that circle- someone else has been there or is there and is willing to listen, cry, and just be there for you."

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"Adoption.com has helped me to accept my decision and have peace about it. Now I hope to help other birth moms in the process of getting started or in the healing process. There are no words to say thank you to a group of people for making you whole again, but I want to try… Thank you Adoption.com"

"I get up everyday and thank God for my life. I look at my life now and realize I would have no time to raise a child. Between work, school, and putting my life back together, I know now that if I would have kept him, I would not see him"

"I wouldn't be able to give my child all he would need to survive in this world. I would be working two jobs just to barely scrape by keeping us both health and fed. I could not do that to him."

"It has been six months now. I have had time to set goals for my future. I know through this experience what I want to do with my life and who I want to be a part of it. I know my child is happy and nothing could make me happier."

"I have learned from this experience that if you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else, especially a child. He will always be my child. I gave him the best gift I could- a family, and I gave them the most precious thing to me. To me that is the most unselfish gift."

"I want to thank Adoption.com, I have found a new family too, they are dear to me. I don't know where I would be without the dream of their founder and the determination of a group of people who love helping others."

"When I found Adoption.com I was amazed to see that they had many families for me to consider, I was even more amazed to see that there was a couple who had just what I was looking for."

"During my pregnancy my friends offered advice but I knew in my heart that I needed to make the final decision. Adoption.com allowed me to feel in control at a time when life was totally out of control"

"I started my adoption plan with an agency. The workers were caring but a bit over-baring in their approach. With Adoption.com I maintained the decision making and that made me much more comfortable with my decision."

"I want to thank Adoption.com for allowing me the peace of mind I have found in selecting parents for my son that have also become a part of my extended family. We are both blessed."

"I felt the autonomy offered by Adoption.com reduced my shame and freed me to take charge of my situation. I went from feeling like a victim to feeling like a parent who was able to choose the best path for my son and myself."

"It is wonderful to have the benefit of exploring ideas and options that are uncomfortable in a shame-free environment and to be able to do so in the safety zone of my own home via the Internet."

"I found an impartial medium at adoption.com rather than an advocate for adoptive parents like at the agencies."

"The process of placing my son for adoption was made so easier by having the freedom to go at my own pace."

"It was so helpful to me to be able to browse around the site and find out the answers to my questions about adoption. In the beginning I would just browse the site and read everything, which was how I became comfortable about my choice to place my son for adoption."

"The bulletin boards were great after placing my son for adoption. I found great comfort in knowing that I was not alone, that others were going through the same feelings as me in regards to their adoption."

"I found Adoption.com while on the Internet in my college computer lab. I didn't realize how much information was available just by spending time on the site but I think I didn't move for hours and when I did I felt a sense of relief about my situation and a way to deal with my future."

"I have made friends through the Adoption.com chat room. There are a few of us that are there on a regular basis and we would never have met and found each other without it."

"I was told about Adoption.com by a teacher who knew that I was facing an unplanned pregnancy. At that time I didn't know what to do. I logged on, looked at the faces, read the letters and profiles and then I ran as fast as I could to thank her."

"When I first visited Adoption.com it wasn't with a decision about adoption made in my mind. It took time for me to feel like I wanted to commit to knowing that was what I wanted to do. I was not ready to talk to anybody about my decision or feel pressured. I needed privacy and time."

"I was working with an agency to place my child when a girlfriend told me to look at what was on Adoption.com. It was a totally different way to look at adoption. I was beginning to think about keeping my baby and then I saw where she could be-it was the best thing to do for her and I talked to three couples before I decided on the couple I chose."

"My mother found Adoption.com and looked at the Dear Birthmother letters and encouraged me to check it out. My mother searched the parent profiles after we discussed the kind of family I was looking for. We looked at the families together and that way we both felt like we had found a miracle and peace of mind at the same time."

"I took my pregnancy test three times I didn't want to believe what I saw. I didn't even think about adoption until I was 5 ½ months along. We weren't ready for children so I knew that was the only option for us. We found a wonderful couple and our prayers couldn't have been answered better.

"I am a birth mother who needn't live life wondering in the dark about the child she loves. Knowing about you lets me honor and respect your life not as an intruder but as an invited friend of the family."

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