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Originally Posted by BrandyHagz
If you can call a pregnant women a mother before the act of giving birth, it certainly stands to reason that you could call a pregnant woman considering adoption a birthmother before giving birth, so why the split hairs?
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I think the important word is "considering." A pregnant woman isn't "considering" becoming pregnant; she IS pregnant.
But a woman considering adoption has not completed the action that makes her a birthmother -- making a decision to relinquish and following through. I've seen many posts that say this adoption decision can come only AFTER the child is born. This ideally conscious choice is what makes her a birth mother (or insert your preferred term here).