Helpful Resources for Birth Mothers

Web site Recommendations

Pregnancy Options Workbook
Download a helpful Pregnancy Options Workbook. The workbook includes exercises to help you work through feelings about your pregnancy. This Web site provides accurate and unbiased information about all pregnancy options.

Birth Mom Buds
A Web site and organization that provides peer counseling, support, encouragement, and friendship to pregnant women considering adoption  and to women who have already placed children for adoption.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Information and resources covering sexual and reproductive health topics and a directory of health centers in throughout the United States.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Resources and information about making the decision, planning, and staying in touch through open adoption.

CTIS Pregnancy Risk Information Line
A statewide service operated by the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) and Clinical Research Program. Teratology is the study of birth defects caused by exposures during pregnancy. The CTIS hotline: 1(800) 532-3749.

Books We Love
The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption
By Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi
Making Room in our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption
By Micky Duxbury

Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby
By Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin

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