How to Give Your Baby Up for Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide

Birth mothers mostly find themselves in a difficult situation when they discover their unplanned pregnancy. Most of them think that they should raise the child or give the baby up for adoption. Are you pregnant and facing a similar situation as well? This step-by-step guide is here to support and empower you every step of the way.

Contact Courageous Hearts Adoptions today. Call us at (317) 964-3365. As a trusted, local, and licensed adoption agency in Arizona and Indiana, we provide 24/7 support to birth mothers. We will arrange free counseling, housing help, and other resources. Our case worker will walk you through the adoption process.

Give Your Baby Up for Adoption

Fill Out an Interest Form

One of our adoption case workers will talk to you. They will answer all your questions.

Finish All Types of Paperwork

This helps us to understand you and your choices much better.

Create an Adoption Plan

Typically, there are three adoption plans available for birth mothers: open, semi-open, and closed adoption. Your adoption counselor will help you understand the plans better, which will help you decide what is best for your baby.

Select the Best Adoptive Family

We can help you select the best adoptive family for your baby. Our website has a list of available families. All our families are pre-screened and home-study-approved.

Meet the Adoptive Family

Talk to adoptive parents by text, call, and email. Depending on your selected adoption plan, you may even have the opportunity to meet with them and form a bond before the adoption is finalized.

Make a Hospital Plan

The adoption caseworker will create a hospital stay and delivery plan. As a mother, you will decide who will be with you in the room, who will hold the child first, how the adoptive parents will meet with the baby, and when the child will go to the new home.

Post Adoption Counseling and Support

We will offer you post-placement counseling. You can receive updates and pictures of how the child is growing if you choose open or semi-open adoption.

Positive Adoption Language Disclaimer –

We understand that using words such as “give up” or “put up” to describe adoption can be hurtful and inappropriate. However, we must include these words in our blog posts to appear in expectant moms’ Google search results. While we promote positive adoption of language, many expectant moms that come to us at first do not understand what that means. Therefore, our blog posts may use the language they understand, such as “how do I give up my baby for adoption” or “how do I put up my baby for adoption,” in order to explain how to create an adoption plan for their baby.