Assume the best of her intentions until you have reason to doubt!!!!
I'm a birthmom/bio-mom/first mom, whatever makes us both happy. We haven't met yet, and so e-mails are all we have at this point, and yeah, I don't want to step on anybody's toes either, so until she tells me otherwise, I'll stick with those.
Let her know how YOU would like to refer her, or hope she would feel about herself, maybe that would help.
good luck

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