What Happens if I Don't Find an Adoptive Family?

Whether you are a prospective birth mother who has just started your adoption journey, or you have chosen adoption and are approaching your due date, it’s natural to have questions and concerns about finding the best adoptive family for your baby. Although there is a family out there for every child, if you haven't found an adoptive family yet, you may have questions like: 

• What if I don’t have an adoptive family picked when I give birth?
• How many children go without getting adopted?
• If I give my baby up for adoption, do they go to foster care?

This guide will explain:

• How you can still find a family for your baby, even after birth
• How, through private adoption, children do not go without being adopted, nor do they go to foster care
• The ways American Adoptions can help ensure you find the best adoptive family for your baby

You can always call 1-800-ADOPTION to speak with an adoption professional or fill out this online form to get more information about finding an adoptive family for your baby. Until then, continue reading for more information if you haven't found an adoptive family for your Arizona adoption.

Are Babies That Are Given Up for Adoption Always Adopted?

We understand that adoption can be a very emotional and sometimes stressful decision. We also understand the life-changing and positive impact it has on everyone involved. This is why finding the best adoptive family for your baby is so important and exciting. 

But what if you haven't found an adoptive family yet? Are all babies that are “given up” for adoption always adopted? 

With American Adoptions, the answer is yes. Although you may have concerns, we want to ease your mind by making one thing clear: no matter your circumstances, there are adoptive families for your baby — and American Adoptions is here to help you find them. Babies placed for adoption are always adopted. Some adoptions may take more time, or there may be different factors involved, but we cannot stress enough that even in these circumstances, there is a family for every baby.

The goal of your adoption specialist, and American Adoptions, is to make sure every child placed for adoption finds a home with a loving and caring family. When you work with American Adoptions, new adoptive family opportunities occur each day. Your professional will work to find the best one for your specific situation. No matter how far along you are in your pregnancy, or even if you have just recently delivered your baby, there are adoptive families who have dreamt of adopting your baby — even before you knew you were pregnant. 

How Finding an Adoptive Family Works in Private Adoption

You are choosing adoption for your baby out of love and care for your child because you want what is best for them. Adoptive families share the same goals and dreams to raise your child with the best opportunities possible. Specialists with our agency are here to help connect the two and make sure your child is raised in the best, loving, and most supportive home possible.

When you work with American Adoptions to pursue a private infant adoption, you will have the opportunity to handpick the adoptive family for your child based on adoptive family profiles. From these adoptive parent profiles, you will find potential matches that you would like to learn more about, with the hopes of finding a family to place your baby with. You will get to know them through emails, letters, video calls, in-person meetings, and more. 

Once you have narrowed down your options and feel confident in a specific family, you will select them as the adoptive family and begin to work on a placement plan with them and your adoption specialist, for when the time comes to give birth.

What Happens if I Don’t Find an Adoptive Family by the Time My Baby is Born?

We understand that each adoption situation is different. If you decide late in your pregnancy that adoption is best for your baby, or are maybe having trouble finding your ideal adoptive family, it can add unnecessary stress or pressure to find an adoptive family. How much time you have to pick an adoptive family is honestly up to you. Some women know immediately the adoptive family they want to place their baby with, others take time and prefer to weigh their options. 

Whatever your situation may be, you are in complete control of when you select a family and who you decide to place your baby with. 

Your adoption specialist will do everything in their power to find the right family for you and your baby, no matter how far along in your pregnancy you are or even if you have delivered your baby. Adoption does not have a requirement or time limit on when you have to decide on a family, so there is no need to add stress about selecting the perfect parents before giving birth. 

Adoption professionals are here to answer any questions you may have about whether children placed for adoption will be adopted, the timeframe in which you can find an adoptive family, and any other pregnancy or adoption-related questions you may have. Call 1-800-ADOPTION to get more information.   

If I Give my Baby Up for Adoption, Do They Go to Foster Care?

Although we continue to stress that there is an adoptive family for every child, many prospective birth mothers may still ask the question or have the concern, “If I give my baby up for adoption, do they go to foster care if there isn’t a family to adopt them?”

The answer is no. 

If you are making a voluntary adoption plan but don’t have an adoptive family picked out yet, talk to your adoption specialist about these concerns. In most situations, foster care is not a choice and is enforced by state officials for the well-being of the child. Even if you have not decided on an adoptive family for your baby, your child still will not go into the Arizona foster care system.

To learn more about how choosing adoption can help your child avoid foster care and to get answers to any questions you may have about finding an adoptive family for your baby, call 1-800-ADOPTION.  

Finding an Adoptive Family

When it comes to something as important and life-changing as finding the adoptive family for your baby, you want to make sure you have the best resources and guidance. As one of the nation’s largest domestic infant adoption agencies, American Adoptions provides you with more adoptive family opportunities than most agencies. The more opportunities you have, the better chance of finding the adoptive family you are dreaming of for your child. 

Keep in mind, you can choose adoptive parents for your baby:

• At any point in your pregnancy
• While you’re at the hospital, before or after delivery
• Days, weeks, or months after your baby is born

Your adoption specialist will help you throughout this process. By providing you adoption profiles based on the preferences you have for an adoptive family, you will be able to learn more about each family that you feel a personal connection to. Once you feel comfortable enough, you can have conversations, meetings, and more.

Finding an adoptive family is important and also exciting. No matter how far along you are in your pregnancy, or when you delivered your baby, and even if you haven’t had any luck so far, there is an adoptive family dreaming of providing a lifetime of love and care for your baby. Call 1-800-ADOPTION today to learn more about finding the best family for your baby, or fill out this online form to get the information you need to begin your search.

Even if it takes a bit of time, rest easy knowing that there is an adoptive family for your baby — American Adoptions is here to help you find them!

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