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Need Someone
To Talk To?
Speak to a Spence-Chapin counselor or schedule an appointment at a location convenient to you.
Call toll-free 800.321.5683
Email: amy.silverman@spence-chapin.org
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If You Are Pregnant, You
Should Know...…
...that Spence-Chapin's role is to help you make the best possible
decision for you and your baby. Our services are free and, once you
call us, a Spence-Chapin counselor will be with you every step of the
way. There is absolutely no pressure to choose adoption.
Spence-Chapin, a not-for-profit agency, believes that every woman has
the right to make her own reproductive health decisions. In order to
make the best choice, it's important to know all of your options. Your
Spence-Chapin counselor, based in either Manhattan,
Long
Island or New
Jersey, will provide you with complete, unbiased information to
help you decide what is right for you and your baby.
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Meet Some of Our
Waiting Families
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Birth Mothers
In Their Own Words
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 Our waiting families come from all
walks of life, and look to adopt for many different reasons. What
they have in common is a deep desire to share their love with a
child. These waiting families have completed the home study process
at Spence-Chapin and are ready to adopt. Learn more about them
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Birth mother Noelle shares her personal experiences and decision about whether to parent or make an adoption plan.
I was petrified. I was six or seven months pregnant before I came here. At first I thought my world was over. I didn’t even know about open adoption. Amy, my social worker, explained all my options, and the different types of adoption: open, semi-open, private. She also explained that there’s a 30-day period if you decide you don’t want to do it. My main concern was my child… and giving him the best life possible. [The family I chose] are like another part of my family. We’re very open. I go to my child’s birthday. I saw him last weekend. They’re very open to my family. Their attitude is the more people who love him the better. Here at Spence-Chapin… you just feel so supported in every way. Even if you feel you might not go through with it, there’s no pressure. It just felt so comfortable almost like a family environment. They make it about you. They make you number one. Because you are. You’re coming here for their help, and that’s their main concern. Not just to get a baby to give to somebody else. I know that all adoptive parents… don’t want an open adoption. It sounds really scary to them. Every situation is just so different. But if an adoptive parent came here, I don’t think there’d be pressure…I think Spence-Chapin would be supportive of what you would be comfortable with. They wouldn’t push you into something you really wouldn’t be comfortable doing. I’m just so grateful… that I came here. I don’t know where I would have been if I didn’t come here. I’m just so grateful for the loving, warm, and supportive attitude that they have. Even now, four years later, they still feel like family to me.
I was petrified. I was six or seven months pregnant before I came here. At first I thought my world was over. I didn’t even know about open adoption. Amy, my social worker, explained all my options, and the different types of adoption: open, semi-open, private. She also explained that there’s a 30-day period if you decide you don’t want to do it. My main concern was my child… and giving him the best life possible. [The family I chose] are like another part of my family. We’re very open. I go to my child’s birthday. I saw him last weekend. They’re very open to my family. Their attitude is the more people who love him the better. Here at Spence-Chapin… you just feel so supported in every way. Even if you feel you might not go through with it, there’s no pressure. It just felt so comfortable almost like a family environment. They make it about you. They make you number one. Because you are. You’re coming here for their help, and that’s their main concern. Not just to get a baby to give to somebody else. I know that all adoptive parents… don’t want an open adoption. It sounds really scary to them. Every situation is just so different. But if an adoptive parent came here, I don’t think there’d be pressure…I think Spence-Chapin would be supportive of what you would be comfortable with. They wouldn’t push you into something you really wouldn’t be comfortable doing. I’m just so grateful… that I came here. I don’t know where I would have been if I didn’t come here. I’m just so grateful for the loving, warm, and supportive attitude that they have. Even now, four years later, they still feel like family to me. |
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