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Domestic Infant Adoption, Child adoption, Open adoption, closed adoption, Child placement, relinquishment 
Don't you know there is no infant adoption in the US!Myth: domestic infant adoption doesn't exist.Despite myths to the contrary, domestic adoption or infant adoption remains alive and well in the United States. It is estimated 25,000 to 30,000 families choose domestic adoption of infants annually. That’s more than all the international adoptions from all countries combined.I was adopted as an infant. My birth mother was only sixteen, my birth father was close to the same age. Many of the birth parents are teenagers or single young women. Most of the adopted newborns are selected by their birth parents. More than fifty percent of these cases both sets of parents have at least met. Ongoing contact with the birth family is often referred to an open adoption. The extent of the contact varies significantly. I must say, as an adoptee I would recommend to any adoptive parent, opt for some openness in the adoption. There were so many questions I had as a child. If they had been answered instead of avoided, I would have been a more confident child.
Growing Up Adopted. Part 1
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