There is a perfect adoptive couple for your baby, and you get to choose from the countless families wanting to adopt.

Finding adoptive parents for your baby may feel overwhelming, but you will have the support you need from experienced experts. You are not alone on this journey. You will have the guidance you need with the support of one of the many adoption agencies across the country.

As a woman from Wyoming who is considering “giving your baby up” for adoption, rest assured that:

• You have complete control over the decision of who adopts your baby
• You will determine the most important characteristics in your adoptive family, and an adoption specialist will help you find couples who might be a good match.
• You can review as many adoptive family profiles as you want until you find the perfect family for you and your child.

If you are ready to speak with an adoption professional about the adoption process, reach out to an adoption professional today.

Do You Get to Select the Adoptive Family for Your Child in Wyoming?

Absolutely. This is your choice and your choice alone. No one should pressure you in any way toward a particular decision, and you will receive an incredible amount of support from your adoption agency while choosing the right family for your child. With open adoption, you can even have a relationship with the adoptive family. You can determine what is most comfortable for you and what this relationship will look like both before placement and after.

The decision to place a baby for adoption is made with deep and abiding love for your baby. It is a generous and mature choice. You are placed at the center of this process because it is important that your decision is honored and your role as your child’s birth mother is respected. It is essential that every decision is carried with your consent.

Perhaps the most impactful decision that you will get to make is selecting adoptive parents for your child. It will be this couple – and anyone else that is a part of their family – that will have the most significant influence on your child’s life, so it is important that this decision is yours to make.

In this process, many birth mothers find that they don’t just choose an adoptive family for their child, but a family that they will know for the rest of their lives. You and your baby’s adoptive parents will share something very special, and this can lead to a unique and cherished relationship.  

Sarah, a birth mother, said, “Adoption has changed my life because I have extended my family. A child that I knew I could not parent is now a forever part of my life, and she has an amazing mom and dad who I stay in great contact with. We touch base at least once a week — not because there is any obligation to do so, but because we are friends. We talk about all the things life throws at us. The good and the bad.” 

How Will I Find Parents to Adopt My Baby in Wyoming?

There are numerous Wyoming families waiting for an adoption opportunity.

Local adoption agencies – and even national agencies – can help you find a family in your region. However, if you expand your search into other parts of the country, a national agency can help you to find many more couples looking to adopt who might fit your criteria. More choice can make your search for an adoptive family quicker and easier.

Agencies that serve the Wyoming area are:

• American Adoptions
• Wyoming and Colorado Children’s Society
• Catholic Charities of Wyoming

Adoption specialist at these adoption agencies will guide you through these three steps in your search for an adoptive family:

Step 1: Determine what qualities are important to you in an adoptive family.

Your vision for the life that your child will have in adoptive home is where you will start. Your adoption specialist will ask you some intentional questions to help you determine what is important while looking for an adoptive family and what kinds of qualities you prioritize in your search.

Some of these questions might be:

• How big/small you want your child’s family to be
• What values the adoptive parents want to teach their child
• What kind of activities the adoptive family participates in
• Which type of adoption agreement the adoptive family wants
• Which faith (if any) your child will be raised in

It may be the case that you have strong opinions about some of these and no opinion about others. This is okay! You are encouraged to say exactly what it is you want for your child. When looking for parents to adopt your baby, no one but you will know what matters most.

Step 2: Review profiles of hopeful adoptive parents in Wyoming – or elsewhere.

Your answers to your adoption specialist’s questions will be condensed into a description of your ideal adoptive family and will be recorded in your adoption plan. From there, your adoption specialist will compile a group of family profiles for you to review.

Profiles often are comprised of:

• Pictures
• Description of the family’s interests, values, and personality
• Interviews with the couple and their family and friends
• Reasons the hopeful adoptive family wants to adopt
• The couple’s dreams for an adopted child

National agencies will often be able to offer you dozens of profiles to sort through – sometimes even hundreds. This is because their database of families is much more extensive than that of a local agency. A national agency can find you hopeful adoptive families who reside in Wyoming, but also give you parents looking to adopt from regions of the United States.  A local agency will be able to provide a handful of local family profiles for you to review.

No matter the number of profiles you are given or where the couples live, your next step is to get a feel for the  families wanting to adopt. As you review profiles, a family will eventually stand out, and you will then let your adoption specialist know that you are ready to move to the next step.

If you are ready to look at some profiles now, you can click here to hear about some hopeful adoptive parents.

Step 3: Get to know the adoptive family.

The way that this next stage of your adoption looks will depend upon your level of comfort and the kind of relationship you want with the adoptive family. You will have the chance to talk to them on the phone before moving forward with them. This will give you the chance to ask any questions you have and to just achieve a level of comfort with them that you didn’t have previously.

After your initial contact, you will be able to decide if they are the adoptive family you want to pursue adoption with. If not, you can continue looking through family profiles to find your perfect match.

Sarah, a birth mother, said that it was difficult and that she looked at many, many profiles before she made her decision.

About finding adoptive parents for her baby, she said, “I read Patti and Josh’s profile and was instantly sure that they were meant to be Mom and Dad to the baby I was carrying. All the connections were there — and then some. I sent it to my best friend and called her while she read it. She shouted, ‘It’s them! It’s them! It’s them!’ It was them.”

Once you choose your baby’s adoptive family, you get to determine what your relationship will be like. You can be in close contact, request some distance, or just keep updated on one another throughout the pregnancy. This is up to you.

Common ways that birth mothers and adoptive families in Wyoming keep in contact are:

• Mediated or non-mediated phone calls
• Text messages and emails
• In-person visits

Are There Parents Wanting to Adopt My Baby? [View Wyoming Adoption Profiles]

Yes. There are families looking to adopt all over the country, and you can connect with them.

An adoption specialist can guide you through the three-step process outlined above as soon as you are ready to begin. From here, you can:

• Contact an adoption professional
• Begin viewing family video profiles made available in partnership with a national adoption agency
• Read about families hoping to adopt soon

Previewing some profiles may confirm your commitment to pursuing adoption or it may help you to solidify the qualities you value in a potential adoptive family in Wyoming. 

If you are ready to contact an adoption professional to help you find a family for your baby, contact us today.