I’M PREGNANT
Adoption As An Option
How does adoption work?
Learn Your Options
To get started, we need you to reach out to us by phone (662-842-6752 or 662-213-0369) or email (jessica@newbeginningsadoptions.org) to let us know you would like to learn more about adoption. We will tell you about the process and the services we provide to make sure you have a safe and healthy pregnancy at no cost to you. We will respond to the emotional and physical needs you have during your pregnancy and support you at all times.
Adoption Family Choice
Final Step
Creating Your Adoption Plan
It is important to remember adoption is not foster care. Foster care is temporary. Adoption is permanent and stable. Parenting a child is a commitment to provide a stable, loving and permanent home for a child. If you don’t believe you are able to provide that at this point in your life for whatever reason, adoption may be the best option for you. Adoption is NOT abandonment. It is choosing a family for a child when you are not at a place in your life to provide stability or a two-parent family.
Open Adoption
This means you can choose and meet the family and have the option of seeing the child again in the future.
Semi-Open Adoption
You may choose and meet the family, but ongoing contact is handled through the agency. The family will send pictures and letters to keep you updated about the child’s progress. You can send gifts, letters, and photos.
Closed/Confidential Adoptions
You may choose the family if you wish, but you have the option of having no contact after the child is placed.
When you make an adoption plan, you will have:
The right to be involved in all phases of the adoption plan.
The right to be treated with dignity and respect.
The right to have your questions answered honestly.
Birthmother Resources
FAQs
Do I receive any counseling while in the New Beginnings program?
Yes. The social workers at New Beginnings counsel with all of our clients during their pregnancy. There is also post-partum counseling available.
What about my medical bills and other expenses?
While in the New Beginnings program there are no expenses to you—medical or living. Financial assistance is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Can I be sure that my child is placed in a safe and secure home?
If I do make an adoption plan, will the sad feelings ever go away?
Is adoption a good choice for me and my child?
It’s a wonderful choice. Your baby can be blessed with a wonderful, stable, loving family, and you can work toward your life goals, knowing that your child is being parented by a family you chose.
Will I get pictures and updates of my baby?
How can I choose the family I want for my baby?
If my child chooses to find me one day, how can that happen?
Will I need to hire an attorney to complete my adoption plan?
Will my baby be able to go directly with the family I choose?
When can I sign the adoption papers?
Will my child be able to have information about me?
What about the father of the child? What rights does he have?
Am I allowed to have contact with the family or my child after placement?
Who should I trust to assist me with my adoption plan?
Statistics
School failure
Only 40% of teen mothers will graduate from high school.
Growing up without a father
90% of homeless and runaway children come from fatherless homes
Insufficient health care
Less than 8% of teen dads marry their child’s mom
Poverty
50% of children raised by teen mothers are referred to social service agencies
Growing up without a father
71% of pregnant teens come from a fatherless home
Abuse and neglect
82% of male inmates in U.S. prisons come from a fatherless home
— Statistics from “Decisions, Choices & Options” (Joi Wasill)

Fetal Development Facts
Abortion
We do not condemn those who have chosen abortion out of all the pregnancy options—we offer a better way and support for taking the path of “life”. We offer abortion alternatives. At the same time, we help minister to those who have chosen abortion in the past. Thank you for visiting New Beginnings, we hope to have the opportunity to help you through this challenging time in your life.