How are Birthparents and Adoptive Parents “matched”?
At Adoption Access our adoptive parents and birthmothers are matched according to the specifications and requirements of both the adoptive parents and the birthmothers. A birthmother will be presented with the three adoptive families, through their photo albums that have been waiting the longest and that meet her specifications. If there is any question about the probability of an adoptive family accepting a particular birthmother, the adoptive family will be consulted prior to the showing of their photo album to a birthmother. At Adoption Access we try very hard to provide extensive counseling to our birthmothers and rarely match birth and adoptive parents before the seventh, eighth or ninth month. The timing depends on the birthmother and her counselor agreeing that she is ready for that decision. We ask her to delay choosing a family until she is as sure of her decision as she is able to be. She is always aware that she can change her mind until she signs the relinquishment. The rel
