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I would guess she's trying to affirm your role as Mom. I remember the first face-to-face visit we had with our girls' birthmom when they were almost six month sold. We were in a large room in a church with LOTS of her family and friends there. Basically, DH and I sat on the couch and watched them all interact with the babies, taking pictures, etc. After an hour or so, one of my daughters started to fuss and her birthmom said "Here, you go to Mommy now." She handed the baby to me, who then snuggled into my shoulder and went to sleep. It was a hugely affirming moment for me as the adoptive mom. I know now that it must have been very painful for C to say and do that, when she probably wished she could just hold on forever. But it was an indescribably precious moment for me, and I'm so grateful to her for that.
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