Blog: Adoption
Cash
Let me start by saying that my husband and I didn’t make our decision to adopt lightly. After years of struggling with unknown…
Missouri Adoptee Rights Act
In May 2016, the Missouri legislature passed HB1599, the Missouri Adoptee Rights Act. This new legislation grants access to original birth certificates for…
Missouri Adoptee Rights Act
Advocacy Happenings: The Missouri Adoptee Rights Act In May, the Missouri legislature passed HB1599, the Missouri Adoptee Rights Act, granting Missourians who were…
Grief and Loss in Adoption
By Meg Roetta, MSW, LMSW Grief and loss is an abstract term that we tend to associate with death. Grief makes us uncomfortable;…
Understanding Embryo Adoption
Have you completed your family through in vitro fertilization (IVF)? Do you have frozen embryos in storage from those procedures? There are currently…
Meet Jake
“Thank you so much, LFCS, for helping us with the most precious gift in the world!” Little Jake found a forever loving home,…
Mermaids Aren’t Brown
I like to lay down at night with my 4 year-old daughter for a few minutes because she often will share with me…
Meet David
David was born in St. Louis in April of 1968. In May of that same year, his adoption of finalized and he…
Our Story of Embryo Adoption
My husband and I were married in May 2006 and became pregnant that September with our first child. Our beautiful, daughter Alyssa was born in…
Cammie’s Story: Homeless, Unemployed, Parenting and Pregnant
Let’s be honest. Being pregnant it not always the happiest time of your life. It can be scary, especially when the pregnancy is…