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	<description>My  Life as a Birthmother &#38; What I Learned About Adoption Too Late</description>
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		<title>Adoption and the Use of Illegal Substances</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/adoption-and-the-use-of-illegal-substances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Views on Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forced adoption is a drastic step; there aren’t words to express the trauma it causes to all concerned. It surely should be preserved as a last resort, a final call for those cases where children are in grave danger and need a fresh start. In the case of loving parents who also happen to use illegal substances there are almost certainly much more appropriate methods to help, if help is required.]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Poetry: &#8220;Fallen Angel&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/adoption-poetry-fallen-angel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Corrigan DArcy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Holidays & Adoptee Birthdays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life After You Give Your Baby Away for Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put the wings on they gave me
Woven of diaphanous words
"Gift giver"
"Selfless"
"Angel"
They kept me aloft for awhile
Where I hovered above my son and his family
Their voices murmurs far below]]></description>
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		<title>Societies Attitude when Birth Control Fails</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/societies-attitude-when-birth-control-fails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Corrigan DArcy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Birthmothers Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectant Mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making an Adoption Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Considering Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Yet whether it was an accident, ambivalence, or a careless mistake, it’s always the woman’s fault. She allowed herself to get pregnant. She couldn’t keep her legs closed" 

Other women, other mothers, who have faced the surprising results on the dreaded "pee stick of doom". But it's not about adoption, it is in support of parenting, and parenting young. Rolling with the natural and biological results of sex, accepting a pregnancy before it's time and the battles of birth control, but most of all the judgment that society, often other women, thrust upon us for daring to get pregnant in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>Re-Marketing Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/marketing-adoption-indusrty-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/marketing-adoption-indusrty-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Corrigan DArcy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Adoption Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBC Access]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/?p=5274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a foundation of good intentions and corruption, domestic infant adoption has rebranded itself thorough strategic public relations moves, market research and a well funded legislative lobby. While the public thinks sweet thoughts about adopting all those "unwanted children", the adoption industry creates a product and cashes in on a billion dollar business.]]></description>
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		<title>A Typical &#8220;Open&#8221; Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/a-typical-open-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/a-typical-open-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Birthmothers Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making an Adoption Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Considering Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Adoption Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They agreed to send updates (letters and pictures) every 6 months until she turned 18 and kept up with that until about 3 years ago when the updates suddenly stopped. No explanation, no warning, nothing. The updates were being sent to me through CHS so I called the agency and got the run around. This, to me, is one of the most heartless and cruel things that can be done to a Mother and I’m in utter shock that this is actually happening.]]></description>
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		<title>Spouse of A  Birthmother Asks: How Do I Tell My Children?</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/spouse-of-a-birthmother-asks-how-do-i-tell-my-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/spouse-of-a-birthmother-asks-how-do-i-tell-my-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Corrigan DArcy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Questions and Facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relinquishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life After You Give Your Baby Away for Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risks of Relinquishment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And like many of us affected by adoption, for a spouse of a birthmothers, it helps just to know that one is not alone, which is then altered with the desire to help others also feel that validation and acknowledgment.  I do infrequently run into other spouses that wish there was more public support. Perhaps one day we will have something really good for you all. Of course, we'll have to make it ourselves. The adoption industry probably never will, as then they will have to admit that adoption has long term affects on behalf of relinquishment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Genesee Valley Monthly Search Group</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/genesee-valley-ny-monthly-adoption-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/genesee-valley-ny-monthly-adoption-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 23:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Support Groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WHEN: First Wednesday of the Month 7pm to 9pm
WHERE:  Hillside Children's Center 2075 Scottsville Road, Rochester NY
BONUS: Jeff Hancock Runs the group!]]></description>
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		<title>Hudson Valley Adoption Support Group Monthly Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/hudson-valley-adoption-support-group-monthly-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/hudson-valley-adoption-support-group-monthly-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Searching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adoption In New York]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunion Contact]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WHO: Hudson Valley Adoption Support Group
WHEN: 1st Thursday of every month 
WHERE: locations change, please confirm
BONUS: You get to hang out with me!!]]></description>
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		<title>RIARG: RI Adoptees Resource Group Monthly Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/riarg-ri-adoptees-resource-group-monthly-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/riarg-ri-adoptees-resource-group-monthly-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Searches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adopted SIblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBC Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions about Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island Adoptee Resource Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island Adoptees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIARG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WHO:  RIARG: RI Adoptees Resource Group  
WHEN:  3rd Thursday of  every month
WHERE:  5 New London Avenue  Cranston, RI
BONUS: John Greene runs this Adoptee Support Group!!]]></description>
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		<title>Kitten Adoption Can be Very Triggering</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/kitten-adoption-can-be-very-triggering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/kitten-adoption-can-be-very-triggering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Corrigan DArcy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Regrets & Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthmother Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life After You Give Your Baby Away for Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We make it out the double glass doors and I burst into hysterical tears. Not weeping, not crying, but gut wrenching hysterical deep soul crushing sobs. Rye looks at me shocked, I am beyond all logic. I make it about ten steps to the car, and then turn around....sobbing, tears flowing down my face,  I am not sure what I said. It was like I had stepped on an emotional land mind and  now all this shrapnel of myself was just flying.
I had no way of knowing it, but when I had to leave my "baby" cat behind and walk out that door without turning back..I hit that place that every relinquishing mother fears. It really was an emotional land mind that exploded when I walked out that door. I wasn't crying over the cat, it was over Max...two days old. It's no one's fault that this experience reenacted the worst trauma of my life, but it did. Just ripped that scab off with such a force, that it took me hours to find the place to stop the bleeding.]]></description>
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