[mommamarci]

Hey all,

I am an adoptive mom, but I need some help from those of you who have placed or considered placing. There is a woman that my husbad works with that is considering placing her unborn child. I would like to find a few ethical agencies to refer her to. (We are not wanting to adopt her baby, I just want to help her.) She is meeting with an attorney tomorrow. He has already pressured her to choose a family before she even met him. He sent her info which said he worked primarily for the adoptive parents. My husband has told her to run from this one. I don't know what to tell her. She is 21 and does not have a lot of support. Any advice you can give me to pass on would be greatly appreciated. I would love to hear about good or bad agencies and what she should do right now. (Baby is due in October, so she does not have a very long time to figure it out. She has been thinking about adoption for months and was talking with a family at one point. Not sure what happened there, but she is now looking for an agency so she can find a family.)

Thanks for any advice you can give me. I think all she has heard so far is how great she is and what a wonderful thing she is doing. They are telling her she will get over it and move on. Now I want her to hear the truth. Thanks!!