Unplanned Pregnancy Options

"I have so much love for the adoptive parents who are raising my son. They were there to pick up the pieces I was unable to place. I couldn't have chosen a better family to raise my son! They are perfect! God led us together for a reason and I believe God opened my eyes to a whole new outlook on life!" ~Birthmom

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Unplanned Pregnancy Options

The Adoption Poem

The Adoption Poem

Once there were two women who never knew each other,

One – you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives shaped to make yours,
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality; the other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent; the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions; the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile; the other dried your tears.
One gave you up – that’s all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.
Now you ask through all your tears the age-old question through the years;
Heredity or environment – which are you a product of?
Neither, my darling – neither – just two different kinds of love.

-Author Unknown

Christian Child Placement Service

e-mail: adopt@nmcch.org

http://www.adoptnewmexico.org/

http://www.facebook.com/Adoption.aChoiceforLife

1800-553-2229

NM Licensed Adoption Agency's

The Christian Child Placement is a member of the Adoption Alliance in New Mexico. This alliance of adoption professionals are caring adoption workers who want the best for each person considering adoption.

Here is a link to all of the licensed adoption agency’s in NM:

http://newmexicoadoptionagencies.org/alliance-of-nm-adoption-agencies

Christian Child Placement Service

e-mail: adopt@nmcch.org

http://www.adoptnewmexico.org/

http://www.facebook.com/Adoption.aChoiceforLife

1800-553-2229

5 things I Wish I'd Known Before Marriage

When I have the opportunity to talk with a premarried couple, here are some of the things I say:

#1: Marriage is not all about you. It is not about your happiness and self-fulfillment or getting your needs met. It is about going through life together and serving God together and serving each other. It is about establishing a family. It is about committing your lives to each other even though you may be very different in 5, 15, or 45 years from the people you are now.

#2: Getting married teaches a very painful lesion; you are both very selfish people. This may be hard to understand during the happy dating period, but it is true...and shocks many couples during their first years of marriage. It is important to know this revelation is coming, because then you can make an allowance for it and you will be a lot better off with those adjustments.

#3: The person you love the most is also the person who can hurt you the deepest. That is the risk and pain of marriage. And the beauty of marriage is working through your hurt and pain and resolving your conflicts and solving your problems.

#4: You can't make it work on your own. It's obvious that marriage is difficult; just look at how many couple’s marriages today end in divorce. This is why it is so critical to center your lives and your marriage on God who created marriage. To enable your marriage to last a lifetime you need to rely on God for the power, love, strength, wisdom and endurance you need.

#5: Never stop enjoying each other. Always remember that marriage is a wonderful gift to be enjoyed. Enjoy the little things of life with your spouse: food you like together, movies, inside jokes, laughing, games, leisure time, etc. Also make memories together, plan dates, getaways reserving time for each other after you have kids. When you get old you will then remember what you did together, saw together, and created together.

Christian Child Placement Service

e-mail: adopt@nmcch.org

http://www.adoptnewmexico.org/
http://www.facebook.com/Adoption.aChoiceforLife

1-800-553-2229

In the womb: Sensing the world outside

The ability to hear in utero appears around 23 weeks, as any pregnant woman in her second or third trimester can attest; if she sneezes, the baby jumps.

But if the same noise is repeated frequently, your baby will get used to it and stop responding. No need to worry — that's a sign that the brain is developing normally, says Lise Eliot, an associate professor of neuroscience at Chicago Medical School and author of What's Going On In There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life.

Breathing underwater. Your baby begins to "breathe" while he's still in the womb, even though his lungs aren't taking in any oxygen, says Eliot. At around 27 weeks, his fluid-filled lungs will start to expand and compress due to the rhythmic contractions of your diaphragm and chest muscles, which help him develop the muscles and motor circuits necessary for actual breathing. So by the time your newborn takes his first gulp of real air, he'll have had plenty of practice.

Scent from beyond. Starting around 28 weeks, your baby can smell in the womb the same things that you're smelling outside. Some of the evidence about fetuses' sense of smell comes from preemies: In one study, peppermint extract was held under the noses of pre-term babies. Those younger than 28 weeks didn't respond, while the older ones reacted by sucking, grimacing, or moving away.

Your baby's sense of smell is actually enhanced by the amniotic fluid she's floating in, says Eliot, because we're better able to smell things after the odor molecules join with a liquid (like nasal mucus). During the third trimester, the placenta also lets odor molecules pass through it more easily. So when you order that vibrant smelling dish in your ninth month, your baby is taking in the aroma right along with you.

Christian Child Placement Service

e-mail: adopt@nmcch.org

http://www.adoptnewmexico.org/

http://www.facebook.com/Adoption.aChoiceforLife
1-800-553-2229