In open adoption relationships, it’s not uncommon for adoptive and birth families to get together at least once or twice a year, if not more often. For many reasons, both parties often prefer to have these visits in a location other than their homes. Having an extensive list of options for where to have visits with birth family makes it easier to plan visits that everyone will enjoy.
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Most domestic infant adoptions today involve some level of openness. An open adoption is an adoption in which both families agree to open contact with each other. In most instances, the families will meet, get to know each other a bit, and exchange contact information right before or right after the baby’s birth. As part of their ongoing relationship, the adoptive family often send monthly updates about the child to the birth family.
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When I wrote 10 things no one tells you about adoption, I said that there was enough on the topic of building a birth family relationship for a separate post.
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