Adoptive Parents

Generations Adoptions places newborns with married couples.  Occasionally a birthparent will choose to place an older child for adoption.

Types of Adoption Plans

We work with birthmoms as they make a plan for their child’s future.  When the birthmom chooses adoption, she is offered the opportunity to view profiles of approved and waiting families. She chooses the family and the staff at Generations help facilitate the meeting when they can meet and get to know one another.  Once chosen, birthmoms and adoptive parents together determine the details of their own adoptive plan, facilitated by their caseworker.

Open and Semi-Open Agreements

Prospective adoptive parents may choose from either semi-open or open adoption. This will be discussed in detail at the adoptive parent training class. Details of these 2 types of agreements are listed below:

Semi-Open	Open
Birthparents choose family Birthparents & adoptive family meet Do NOT share identifying info, but will share first names and basic information Some level of contact (dr. visits, pictures, letters, etc.) facilitated through Generations Generations facilitates all visits	Birthparents choose family Birthparents & adoptive family meet Share identifying info such as last names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. Some level of contact (dr. visits, pictures, letters, etc.) directly between both parties Visits set up directly between birthparents and adoptive family

Embryo Adoption

When a family has been successful in having a child through In Vitro Fertilization, there are often remaining embryos that were not used. These embryos are frozen and stored. Questions remain for the families who are no longer planning to use the embryos to build their family, but struggle with what to do with the frozen embryos.

The Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program allows couples who have frozen embryos in storage to agree to release the embryos for transfer to an adoptive couple. The transfer of the embryos into the womb of the adoptive mother takes place with the intent that she and her husband may carry the child, give birth to the child, and be that child's parents. The genetic family relinquishes the embryos for adoption and implantation in the adoptive mother.

For families who long to be parents, and have been unable to conceive, embryo adoption may be an answer. Prospective adoptive moms must be physically able to carry a child to term as determined by her physician. Couples who are unable to become parents through the traditional IVF treatments may find themselves candidates for embryo adoption.

If you would like to discuss the possibility of embryo adoption for your family, please contact Laura Jackson at Generations Adoptions, or visit the following website of one of our NCAF partner agencies – Nightlight Christian Adoptions: Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program.

Transitional Care Families

Newborns may be able to go home directly with the adoptive family.  However, on a few occasions the newborn will go to one of Generations Adoptions’ licensed and loving Transitional Care families.  Stays may vary from 2 days – 2 months depending upon the legal situation of the child.