Can you pick who you adopt your baby to in Alabama?

Yes, you can.

When a prospective birth mother chooses adoption for her baby, she has the wonderful opportunity to find adoptive parents in Alabama or anywhere in the United States who are the perfect fit for her baby.

Finding adoptive parents in Alabama may seem difficult and overwhelming at first, but once you know what characteristics you’re looking for in an adoptive family, your adoption professional can provide you with profiles that match your requests. You can get started anytime by viewing online adoptive parent profiles here or contacting a professional online.

In the meantime, here’s what you need to know to start searching for the perfect adoptive family for your baby.

What to Look for in Alabama Adoptive Families

A prospective birth mother can consider so many different characteristics when choosing the perfect adoptive parents for her baby. She may want to think about where the family lives, what kind of lifestyle they lead, whether they have other children and more.

Here are some questions you might want to ask yourself when choosing a prospective adoptive family for your baby:

• Do I want to find a family in Alabama or another state?
• Do I want my child to grow up in an urban, suburban or rural setting?
• Do I want my baby to have siblings and/or pets?
• What religious beliefs do I want my child to be raised with?
• What level of openness do I want in my post-placement agreement?
• What type of education do I want my child to receive? Will the prospective adoptive parents be able to provide that?

There may be many more questions a potential birth mother has when looking for couples who want to adopt a baby in Alabama and throughout the U.S. An adoption professional can help her find what she is looking for in an easy and stress-free way.

How to Find People Looking to Adopt in Alabama

There are many families looking to adopt a baby in Alabama and throughout the United States. A prospective birth mother’s adoption professional can provide adoptive parent profiles of these families.

Here’s how the process typically works:

Step 1: Make an Adoption Plan

In Alabama, an expectant mother will work with an adoption professional to create an adoption plan. This plan includes the characteristics she hopes to find in parents looking to adopt a newborn, what she wants her post-placement agreement to look like, her birth plan and more.

Step 2: Review Adoption Profiles

Once a potential birth mother has discussed her adoption plan with a professional, she can begin looking at prospective adoptive parent profiles for couples in Alabama or other states. Her adoption professional can help narrow down the profiles to a few that fit the criteria she is looking for in a family for her baby.

Whether her adoption agency is local or national, they will have access to profiles of potential adoptive families in Alabama. She won’t be limited to choosing a family located in Alabama though. If she wants to place her child with a family out of state, a national agency can provide her hundreds of options.

Step 3: Find Adoptive Parents for Your Baby

After the potential birth mother has had time to look through the adoptive family profiles, she can move forward with meeting the family she prefers. After the initial meeting, the potential birth mother can decide whether she wants to move forward with the family as potential parents for her baby. If so, she and prospective family can get to know each other throughout the pregnancy. This will be the relationship that expands into a lifelong open adoption, which is beneficial for all members of the adoption triad.

If she decides to not move forward with the prospective adoptive family, she always has the option to choose another family up until placement.

View Alabama Adoption Profiles Now

In Alabama, a prospective birth mother can begin browsing potential adoptive family profiles online right away. Many adoption agencies feature waiting adoptive families on their websites. Once she knows what she is looking for in an adoptive family, she can narrow down her search with the help of her agency or attorney. They can also provide her with a hard copy of the profiles, as well.

You may be panicking and thinking, “I need to find a family to adopt my baby.” However far along you are in your pregnancy (or even if you’ve given birth), you will always have the right to choose the parents for your baby. And you don’t have to go through this process on your own.

Please fill out this contact form if you would like to speak with a professional about families looking to adopt in Alabama and throughout the United States.