Register

I Am a Birthmother

Heartbroken

By: lilcaterpillar
Written on February 5th, 2013
Age: 22-25
223 people have read this story

Your Response

By clicking "Post", you confirm that you agree to the Terms of Service of Experience Project, Inc.
4 responses
  • lifeanne

    My heart aches for you...

    Feb 23
    1 like
  • losttoday60

    Placing a child for adoption is a monumental decision that impacts the remainder of your life. I would encourage you to speak to other birth parents in order to gain perspective. I gave my child for adoption because my life did not have the structure and stability needed to raise a child at the time my son was born. Within a year or two, I had that stability, but I had already made a decision that I could not change. Yes, I have some regrets about my decision, but I try to be kind in the way that I judge my actions and realize that at the time I made the decision, I did the best I could.

    Feb 11
    1 like
  • mouse70

    sweetie, i know your pain. hang in there, she is with the family that she needs to be with and you need to heal. it will take time, tears and self-recriminations. my daughter just turned 22. i have not heard from her since she was 16, but i know that she is happy, healthy and beautiful. and she had the life i couldnt give her. i am happy knowing that she is in a much better situation then she ever would be with me.

    it is hard lil. formula commercials used to send me into tears for hours. but the crying will lessen, the times in between tears will grow and you will get to the point where it is just an ache, not a stabbing wound in the heart. i will always be here to talk if you need someone. you are NOT being selfish, you are being selfless, because if you were selfish, you'd have her with you right now.

    Feb 7
    1 like
  • lilcaterpillar

    I need some help... I've been having a few second thoughts about going through with the adoption. Either way I feel like I'm being selfish. My fiancé has been more worried about taking care of me and getting my health up (I was showing signs of kidney failure, my blood pressure was dangerously high, and then my iron levels dropped to the point where they considered a blood transfusion), but now that I'm improving he's thinking more about our baby, and having doubts of his own. We still can back out. We don't sign the papers until tomorrow. But can we break the hearts of the family we chose for her? Is it worth my strict family disowning me for having a child out of wedlock? Is it really so bad to let his parents give us the assistance they want to give? Is leaving our roommate to figure out how to cover the rent such a bad thing? All so we could be right there in her life and watch her grow... And on the opposite end, if we go through with this, is it worth his parents resenting our decision? Are we emotionally going to be able to handle not having her? Will it ruin our relationship? So many questions. We had to make this decision so fast... Please give me any input you can. If you could go back and do things differently would you? Im so lost...

    Feb 6
    1 like