Adoption Blog
Adoption Q&A: What is Open Adoption?
Question: My wife and I have just started to research domestic adoption. We keep hearing the phrase “open adoption.” What is open adoption all about? Answer: Open adoption can take many forms, from just talking on the phone with a birth mother, or meeting once in...
Oregon Adoptive Couple Kaleb and Christina
Kaleb and Christina are a fun-filled family and can offer your child two loving parents, two big brothers, and a lifetime of love. They have been married since 2006 and have been blessed with two sons, Colby, who is five and Korbyn, who is two. They are both excited...
Adoption Tip: Make Sure Your Adoption Preferences Are Accurate
Lifetime’s Founder Mardie Caldwell has firsthand adoption experience through the adoption of her son. She shares an important adoption tip with waiting adoptive couples—you need to make sure that the adoption preferences your adoption professional has on file for you...
Lifetime Adoption Honored With Award
President and Founder of Lifetime Adoption Inc. Mardie Caldwell has been honored by the SBA (Small Business Association) as Woman-Owned Business of the Year! As a Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, Mardie has acquired the status of adoption expert from her years of...
Making an Adoption Plan for Your Children?
Are you considering adoption for your older child (or children)? Lifetime Adoption has many adoptive families who are hoping to have children but can’t due to infertility so they have turned to adoption. We at Lifetime strive to place sibling groups within one...
What Men Want Women to Know
Before you adopt a baby or child, it’s important to first strengthen and enrich the relationship you have with your spouse. Part of this will entail understanding your husband and where he’s “coming from”. James Michael Sama, whose mission it is to spread the “New...
Handling Grief After Your Adoption Placement
After going through with an adoption plan, many birth mothers experience grief. This grief can take many forms, from anger to depression. That’s why at Lifetime we offer you counseling throughout your adoption journey, including after placement. Know that we’re here...
The Top 10 Questions to Ask When Hiring an Adoption Professional
If you’re in the initial stages of searching for someone to assist you with adoption, it’s important to interview adoption professionals. Here are 10 questions to have handy to ask adoption professionals: How long have you been in the adoption profession? What...
Choose Your Adoption Experience in the Hospital
Open adoption allows you many choices as a birth mother, including how things are handled at the hospital when you deliver. You will have many choices in your hospital experience, including who can be in the delivery room and who can see/hold your baby. If you have...
Hoping to Adopt? Learn About Our Adoption Opportunities
Lifetime Adoption Inc. is currently seeking adoptive families for the following babies: We are currently assisting a birth mother in Georgia who is making an adoption plan for her eight month old bi-racial baby boy. She feels that he would be most blessed with a...
Adoption for My Baby
Are you pregnant and wondering if making an adoption plan is right for you and your baby? No doubt you have a lot of questions and concerns right now. At Lifetime Adoption, we are here to help you get answers to your adoption questions! Lifetime Adoption is here to...
Get Your Adoption Home Study Done with Lifetime Adoption
If you have just started your adoption journey to adopt a baby or child, you may have heard and read about the adoption “home study.” The home study is a requirement in order to adopt. It includes a report of your family, your daily life, as well as an assessment of...
Struggling with Parenting? Considering Adoption?
If you have been struggling as a mother or to provide for a child you’re raising, know that you're not alone. Many women turn to Lifetime Adoption to explore their options in adoption. The reasons women choose adoption vary. Some women choose adoption for a child when...
Learn About Our Adoption Financing and Payment Options
Are adoption costs holding you back from pursuing the adoption of your dreams? Look into payment options! Right now, Lifetime Adoption Agency has a program where you can make interest-free payments towards your adoption. In this short video, Lifetime Adoption’s...
Just the ‘Baby Blues’?
After giving birth, it is very normal for women to feel blue, sad, even depressed. There is a normal hormone shift that causes this, especially when combine with a lack of sleep, recovering body, and the pressure of 24-hour care of a newborn. But sometimes it doesn’t...
What to Do During Your Adoption Wait this Winter
When you’re hoping to be matched with a birth mother, the adoption wait can be made more difficult when you’re stuck inside during the winter months. Learn what you can be doing towards your adoption during these cold and stormy winter months. If you have questions...
Financing for Your Adoption
Lifetime Adoption has some exciting news! We've just partnered with LightStream (a division of SunTrust Bank) to offer loans to those hoping to adopt a baby or child. This loan has been set up as an "AnythingLoan," meaning that you may use it towards an aspect of your...
Adoption Information Meeting: September 17
RSVP For the Meeting! [ninja_forms_display_form id=4] Are you considering adopting a baby or child? Have you thought about adopting a child but don't know where to start? Lifetime Adoption, Inc. is holding a free informational meeting to help families learn more...