1. Can I select the adoptive family? Can I interview more than one family before making a decision? Can I meet them before the baby is born?
2. Can a relative adopt my baby? Can a friend?
3. Can I get help in choosing a family I don't know?
4. Can I get help if I've found a family on my own in Minnesota? Out of state?
5. Can I select a family without meeting them? Look at a book of pictures and information on waiting families?
6. Will my identity be protected if I want no involvement with the adoptive family or my child?
7. Can the adoptive family go to doctor's appointments with me? Be in the delivery room?
8. Can I spend time alone with my baby?
9. Can my baby go home with the adoptive family right from the hospital?
10. Can someone take care of my baby while I decide what to do?
11. Can I ask for pictures and information about my child after adoption? Have a relationship after adoption?
12. Do many adoptive parents share information?
13. Can I get help with my feelings after the baby is born? After the baby is adopted? Later?
14. Will someone be there to help my child and the adoptive family as needed? Through the years?
15. Will I be told about available financial help?

The answer is YES!!  These choices are available to you in adoption. Counseling can help you explore these options and decide for yourself what is best for you and your baby. Or, if you are not yet sure about adoption, single parenting, or even marriage, counseling is available to help you explore all your options.