When you choose adoption, you have chosen to make a new life for your baby — and for yourself! So instead of saying “giving the baby up for adoption,” we say “placing a baby for adoption.” While the adoption decision can feel overwhelming, the actual adoption...
Over the past 34 years, Cradle of Hope has helped numerous expectant mothers and birth mothers, throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, find loving, secure, happy homes for their precious, newborn babies. Making an adoption plan for your baby requires tremendous LOVE, courage, faith,...
We live in uncertain times. This reality hits hardest when a woman finds herself facing an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. It can be a lonely, scary experience made worse if she can’t afford to raise the child. Choosing adoption empowers a woman to give life...
You’re thinking of placing a baby for adoption, but the birth father isn’t in your life. You’ve decided that you’re going to continue with the adoption and you are wondering whether the birth father would need to be involved in the adoption process. Cradle of Hope...
If you are pregnant and in jail, you still have the right to choose adoption for your baby. You can choose the adoptive parents who can provide a loving and stable home for your child. You can keep in touch with the adoptive family and...
Pregnancy can be a difficult and trying time for a new mother, but an unplanned pregnancy is a whole other experience. Everyone’s different, which also means everyone takes their own time to process this shock and begin exploring their choices regarding the pregnancy. Maybe you...
Pregnant women considering adoption often ask Cradle of Hope for advice on how to choose adoptive parents for their baby. If you’re thinking about adoption and have already considered all your alternatives and just want to know how to find the best adoptive family for...
If you are a pregnant woman considering adoption, transracial adoption is one of your choices. Transracial adoption is simply adopting a child from another race. Cradle of Hope Adoption Center is a private nonprofit adoption agency with offices in DC, MD and VA. If you are a birth mother thinking...
At Cradle of Hope, we know that a woman’s decision to place her child for adoption is not taken lightly, which is why it is important for expectant mothers to explore all options available to them. One option you have is adoption, and with adoption...