by Ohio Birthparents | Aug 17, 2015 | Member Mondays
OBG Editor’s Note: Ohio Birthparent Group has been privileged to be a landing place and sounding board for countless adoptees and birth parents who have reconnected with each other as a result of Ohio’s new open records law that went into effect earlier...
by Redefining Elizabeth | Nov 21, 2014 | Member Mondays
OBG Editor’s Note: As a follow-up to her past post on pregnancy after adoption loss, today Redefining Elizabeth reflects on how adoption loss has impacted her parenting. While in the hospital after the delivery of my second child (the first baby I’d be...
by Redefining Elizabeth | Oct 20, 2014 | Member Mondays
OBG Editors Note: We’re so lucky to have us some Redefining Elizabeth over here! Today she shares some of the joys- big and small- that she’s experiences as a result of reunion. When reading about adoption reunions, you often hear about intense emotions...
by Redefining Elizabeth | Oct 13, 2014 | Member Mondays
OBG Editors Note: Our friend Redefining Elizabeth gives Member Mondays a jump start with her thoughtful guidelines for adoption reunion. Read along as she shares some of the ideas that have been useful to her throughout her reunion with her son- 3.5 years and...
by Ohio Birthparents | Jul 14, 2014 | Member Mondays
OBG Editor’s Note: In this edition of Member Monday, our long-time member Shelley shares this insightful reflection on the experience of losing a claim to a voice – as a woman, a mother and a birthmother in an open adoption....
by Ohio Birthparents | Jul 6, 2014 | Member Mondays
OBG Editor’s Note: In this edition of Member Mondays, we hear from one of our recently reunited birthmothers, Stephanie, who shares her thoughts on what it takes to ‘stay afloat’ amidst the inevitable- and emotional- ebbs and flows of...