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I was pretty sure that adoption was the right choice for me and my baby the entire time that I was researching it. However, the moment that solidified my decision was when I thought to myself, "If I keep her, maybe [birthfather] will stay." I loved my baby's dad more than I imagined was possible. But, we were so young and it was so hard to go through the pregnancy together. We needed to be apart so we could both grow up and figure out who we were as individuals. I knew that I wasn't ready to be the kind of mom I wanted for my baby and I wanted her to have a dad who was as great as mine. I had great reasons for placing her (that are still just as valid as they were the day she was born).
Quite honestly, I made the entire decision without input from many other people. The people I discussed the decision with would have been supportive of whatever decision I made. To this day, I don't know what my parents wanted me to do. They always answered that question with "You need to do what you think is right."
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