[austin0i]

I will chime in from an adoptee's perspective.

I guess I can talk to my first mom about this, but right now I would make no distinction.

I celebrate Mother's Day and both of my moms will get a card, a call, a gift and a "I love you".

I dont have a birthmother.

I have two mothers and I will celebrate both of them on Mother's day.

Kim

[Jo Ellen]

I am an adoptee that has been reunited two years with my 1st parents and as I see it every adoptee has two mothers and two fathers whether we know them or not. Therefore I celebrate Mother's Day the same for both my moms...and for Father's Day I will do the same for both my dads.

[loveccl]

Ok its been a while and once again I am back w/ my very own opinion...

I love the idea of Birthmother's Day. I can tell you that the first one I celebrated was w/ a fellow B-mom. (It wasn't until 8 yrs after I placed my son) We drove all over to some cute parks. One of the parks soon became my fave place to center myself. We shared the day and celebrated together our strength. Since that day I have always felt good that I have a day to celebrate as my Birthmother's Day. This yr I am finally preg after 14 yrs and I chat all the time how happy I am that I get two days to celebrate. So again I love the idea of this and maybe that because with all the darkness in being a birthmother I hang onto every light I can to celebrate the strong brave thing I did.

Please don't be offended if anyone wishes you a Happy Birthmother's Day. Its something people on the boards have chatted about for yrs.