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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I can't fathom how hard this experience has been for you.  My niece decided to place her child up for adoption when she was pregnant at 16.  She and I have talked at great length about it.  Anyone that does this, whether against their wishes or not, matures in a way that nobody else can possibly understand.

My sister, her Mother, didn't really give her a choice.  My niece knew this and specifically waited until she was about 18 wks before she told her Mom she was pregnant.  She decided on an open adoption and sees this child about 2-3 times a year.  The parents are an extended part of the family and have been an amazingly positive influence on my niece.  She has a child of her own now, still too young IMO, and they play together like cousins.

Something I found interesting was that she did not have to give them the baby for 72 hrs after he was born.  She actually took him home with her for a night right after he was born, she wanted her time with him.  How she decided to go through with it after spending the night with him, I will never know.  I can only assume since it was an open adoption, she knew she would be seeing him again?

It takes all kinds.  And honestly, my sister was a cow in all of this.  I believe she once said to me "I dont want her to go through all of this trouble and not get something" (!!!!) I told her that SELLING A BABY IS ILLEGAL and she dropped it.  My niece knew this about her Mother and while she is pro-choice, her choice would not have been to terminate the pregnancy.  The first thing she did was save that baby's life.  Then by choosing adoption, she gave him a life.  [/quote]

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