Hi I'm 17 years old and I recently gave birth to a baby boy. When I first found out that I was pregnant I was about 5 months, scared and had no idea what to do. I don't know exactly how adoption popped into my mind but I knew I wanted to have a relationship with my baby. When I found an adoption agency I was told about the different types of adoption. I immediately choose open adoption. There was a family willing to have an open adoption and a meeting was set. I was nervous when I first met the adoptive parents but they tried their best to make me feel comfortable. I read the birthmother letter and instantly liked them, although I still had my doubts. The first phone call that I received from the potential adoptive mother was a long one we had a nice converstation. I couldn't stop thinking about the possibilty of keeping my baby I wanted to make a plan just in case I wanted to keep my baby. As time went on I had more meetings with the potential adoptive parents. Soon the potential adoptive mother started taking me to my doctors appointments we went out afterward and had more talks. Soon I began to realize that my decision was best for me and my son. We picked out a name together just before he was born. My son was born a day after his due date, luckily I had a doctors appointment and the adoptive mother was on her way to come pick me up. I went into a fast and hard labor and had to have an emergency c-section. As my mother and the adoptive mother sat in the delivery room side by side both holding my hand I no longer felt scared. My baby boy was born is less than 3 hours, I was only allowed 1 person to stay overnight since my mom and aunt lived 10 mins away I wanted the adoptive mother to stay with me her husband would travel back home and come back every morning.
The nights I had with my baby boy were precious. We took millions of pictures. When the day came for baby boy to go home I was filled with happy emotions. I wasn't sad because I knew that I wasn't saying goodbye to my son. He was going to have a loving mother and father. I had formed a bonding relationship with his new parents and I just couldn't help but shed a few tears. Not sad ones happy, ones of course Im still going to be mommy KeKe. I wrote this letter for young pregnant teens who may consider an open adoption but are scared the key is finding an adoptive family and form a relationship, don't stray away from them let them know your feelings even your doubts, I'm sure they will try their best to comfort you. Your story just might have a happy ending like mine does.
Mommy KeKe
