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Pregnancy and Parenting
Adoption

Pregnancy and Parenting



The Hip Mama Survival Guide
by Ariel Gore (Hyperion). A cool, eclectic reference. There's also a Hip Mama website at http://www.hipmama.com
.

Surviving Teen Pregnancy: Your Choices, Dreams, and Decisions
by Shirley Arthur (Morning Glory Press). Information and advice about this difficult decision.

What to Expect When You're Expecting
by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, and Sandee E. Hathaway (Workman Publishing Company). Considered the pregnancy bible.

What Now: Help for Pregnant Teens
by Linda I. Shands (Intervarsity Press). For unmarried teens struggling with what to do.

the following titles deal with real-life experiences with teen pregnancy:

Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager
edited by Beatrice Sparks, Ph.D. (HarperCollins).

Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant: Teenagers Talk About Their Pregnancy
compiled by Anrenee Englander (Annick Press).

Listen Up!: Teenage Mothers Speak Out
by Margi Trapani (Rosen Publishing Group).



Baby Center is for new and expectant parents and includes bulletin boards for teen parents and pregnant teenagers. A weekly teen parent support club meets online.

Childbirth.org includes all types of information regarding pregnancy and how it will affect your life.

Teenwire is Planned Parenthood's candid site for teenagers.

Dr. Koop provides information, message boards and chats about pregnancy.

The Labor of Love includes articles, hints and tips, pregnancy journals and birth announcements.

Parenthood Web has a number of resources for parents.

Parents.com provides parenting and pregnancy information.

Parent Soup sponsors a teen parenting chat room and provides many parenting resources.


Adoption


National Council for Adoption
phone: 703-299-6633
address: 225 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314-2561
website: www.ncfa-usa.org

Open Adoption and Family Services
can tell you about what your options regarding adoption are in the Northwest United States.
phone: 800-772-1115

The Gladney Center For Adoption
counsels pregnant teens through each step of the adoption process, including selection of the adoptive parents. You can choose to stay at the center's residential facilities or at home.
website: www.adoptionsbygladney.com

Spence-Chapin Agency
will explain the adoption rules in the New York area and what options are available.
phone: 800-321-LOVE (800-321-5683)

Or contact Catholic Charities, the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, or United Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in the phone book.



Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option: Making an Adoption Plan for a Child
by Jeanne Warren Lindsay (Morning Glory Press). Everything you need to know when deciding whether to put your baby up for adoption.

About.com page
on adoption has several other books on the topic.



Adopt: Assistance Information Support offers resources and information for those thinking about adoption.

Adoption.com is an excellent site on all aspects of adoption, including an area for birth mothers.

Adopting.com/letters has letters to birth mothers from prospective parents hoping to adopt.

Friends in Adoption offers information for pregnant women about adoption and their options.

New Life Family Services is sponsored by an evangelical Christian organization and can arrange counseling and adoption services.




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