Isabo
I too am a birthmother from the closed era. The only other young women I personally knew who relinquished their child in 1969 did so to a family she lived with for the last three months of her pregnancy. They were her daughter's to-be family - treated my friend as a friend - and for the last 35 years she has known exactly what her daughter was up to; known the family who raised her, and on occasions, shared in their highs and their lows. I on the other hand, lived in ignorance - never even knowing if my son was alive and well. We have been in reunion now for 4 years, but I can't replace those missing years.
In certain circumstances, living with the prospective adoptive parents is the best situation.
Ann
