She Took To Social Media To Express Her Feelings After The Mom Of The Baby Girl She And Her Husband Were Planning To Adopt Changed Her Mind
When it comes to adoption, there is a chance that a baby’s mother will change her mind before giving her child to any adoptive parents. Sometimes, a mother doesn’t realize how much she wanted her child until later.
According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway, as many as one in four adoptions don’t work out. We’ve seen this happen so often in television shows or movies, but we rarely hear the honest perspective of an adoptive parent who never got to take their child home.
Page, a mother from Virginia, recently went viral after making a public Facebook post to express her feelings after the mother of the baby girl she and her husband were planning to adopt changed her mind.
“This is goodbye,” wrote Page on June 6th, 2023.
“I would love to tell you that we have spent the last few days soaking in the joy of being new parents, but our birth mom changed her mind at discharge, and they took our little girl. Instead of coming home to her room, she went home to an empty RV with only the outfit she was wearing.”
Page goes on to write that she and her husband spent months remodeling their house and getting it ready for the baby girl, but that after bringing back an empty car seat from the hospital, their house no longer feels like a home.
After the baby girl was born, Page and her husband named her and immediately fell in love with her.
Page also wrote that the situation had made her question her faith and that her entire family has been in extreme physical and emotional pain.
“There is no greater pain than losing a child, and while we’re so thankful that she’s okay, we have lost her, and we’re not okay,” wrote Page.
Roman Yanushevsky – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual baby
“How do you not let this change you?” she continued.
“I’m cold, I’m numb, I’m broken, I’m angry, I’m crushed, and I don’t even know how to start picking up the pieces and moving forward.”
While many parents who went through a similar situation expressed their understanding and sympathy for Page and her family, others online were disappointed in her lack of empathy for the baby’s mother.
“I understand how the adoptive parents may have felt, but once you hold your child in your hands if you were thinking about adoption, I get that too,” commented a TikTok user who saw Page’s story shared in a video.
“It’s heartbreaking for the adoptive parents, but I understand the mom having a change of heart,” commented another user.
“It’s an unfortunate part of adoption.”
This kind of adoption disruption can be a very complicated situation that is difficult for all involved. To learn more about how to cope with an adoption that did not go as planned, parents can visit the link here.
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