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Jennifer W.'s Adoption Story

• She told her parents October 2007
• She was 5 months pregnant
• She was 18 years old at the time
• Thought a college degree was more important than struggling to provide for her child
• She knew adoption was the right thing for her to do
• Wanted her baby to be as fortunate as she was
• Wanted her baby to have a loving family and she knows that won’t happen if she raised it
• Her mother called American adoptions and was connected to a social worker named Sarah
• She soon became a good friend
• Sarah gave her, her cell phone number and told her she can call her anytime
• They began talking almost everyday
• Sarah began calling and checking in on her doctor’s appointments
• Sarah sent her photos of the family who was going to adopt her baby
• The family who was going to adopt was named Brad and Diane
• She fell in love with Brad and Diane instantly
• Their first phone call was in January
• They were kind, compassionate, non-judgmental and understanding
• They called her their little “angel”
• They met at an Ihop and eventually became very goods friends
• They began to go to her doctor’s appointments as well
• Diane got to hear her daughter’s heartbeat for the first time
• Lauren Marie was born February 20th 2008
• Jenifer wanted Diane to cut the umbilical chord so it felt like it was her own child