Texas Adoption: The 48 Hours Until Legal Adoption Signing - The Archibald Project
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- čas přidán 11. 11. 2017
- In Texas a birth mother must wait 48 hours before she can legally place her child for adoption. We had the honor and privilege of documenting a hopeful adoptive family AND a brave birth mother during those 48 hours.
These 48 hours changed who we are and how we view adoption. Please share this story with anyone and everyone as we believe it will save lives and move people's hearts.
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What an amazing, beautiful, strong & brave mommy Dominique will make some day! Putting her children first is what makes an amazing mother!
The adoptive parents are great throughout this whole thing, and birth mom is brave to give the baby such opportunity. I wish my parents would love me this much
What a phenomenal thing to do. This birth mother has so much love for her son, so much courage I'm not sure I could have done this. Giving your son/daughter for adoption is the ultimate love, what an amazing gift!
This amazing young lady is so strong and courageous!
She loved her baby so much that she wanted him to have the life he deserves, even if it means breaking her own heart by giving him to parents that could provide him a better life than she could.
Hoping they kept in touch with her
It's a shame birth some fathers don't have to face reality.
Love the birth mom’s humanity! I’ve had 4 miscarriages & 1 healthy birth. I think about all my babies & carry that weight that some are missing as I see our child reach milestones. She will miss her son but the adoptive parents seem like wonderful people & she’ll know her baby is ok.❤️
What an absolutely amazing birth mother and woman Dominique is. Wow!
What a mature selfless and strong young women Dominique is. I cried nearly all the way through. Wonder Group of young people who achieved the best outcome for the child. God bless them all. 💖🙏
I balled my eyes out through the whole thing. I hope they keep in touch with the birth mom. I could never imagine how hard this decision was .
It takes a birthmom to care more about her baby than herself to be given up to adoption. I’m adopted and blessed that my birthmom cared more about myself than herself, my husband and I also adopted after 10 years of doctors, IVF, and adoption agencies Of uncertainty. My beautiful daughter is now 25 and my husband and I couldn’t have made the perfection that god gave us through someone else. May god bless your son, his birth mom, and yourselves as parents ❤️🙏🏼
Dominique, you are an amazing, strong, selfless, kind and incredible young woman. You have so much strength inside of you, I wish you joy and a wonderful life!!
This is a beautiful story! My husband and I are currently in the process of adopting our 1st son. God has been in this story & and is now in our story as well. I see how God has beautiful ways of making families.
I have had the privilege of knowing my son to be born son's birth mother & she has allowed me to be at every Dr.'s appointment and has also asked me to be there with her during labor. God is so good!
What a strong, brave and amazing mother.
What a tear jerker. Beautiful story. God Bless all.
These people are incredibly kind and compassionate. Inspiring!
What a beautiful, selfless soul this young lady has!
this is so powerful! I wish stories like these would go viral! Or be on the news. How our world would be different.
As mother I feel you and understand your emotions. Your so young and mature too also you chose the perfect couple to raise your baby bless your heart beautiful.
How courageous is this girl an adoption done out of pure love for her baby i hope she has a great future
I'm so sad for the mother. It's heartbreaking that she felt she had to part from her baby. Mothers should be supported more.
I am not married but I want to be a father...I love to be calling a dad....not everyone can be a father but only a "papa" can be a father and *mama" to be a mother. Love your video
I know the feeling of getting my first baby. I felt so grateful for her mother. She refused to put her thumb prints on her birth certificate. Her mother came came to Brownsville from Mexico to have her. I tell them their mother grew under their hearts but I grew them in mine.
Adoption is so beautiful! Always chose life
I was adopted many years ago. I’m so happy that Everett has such an amazing birth mommy and such amazing adoptive parents. It truly warms my heart. I wasn’t so lucky in either part of my life. But it’s so good to see happy endings do happen
This breaks my heart she is a strong girl idk I have 6 kids and I can never but I understand her situation but is so hard
Do you think 48 hours is enough for such a life changing decision . I really hope moms have more time with their babies without being pushed ..
Prior to the 48 hours, they’ve already made an adoption plan.
Also, before they sign they have lawyers counsel them and go over the papers to make sure they understand what they are signing.
The point I’m trying to make is that they have multiple chances to change their mind. They can change their mind even as they have the pen in their hand.
Also, some birth Moms do not want to see the baby at all whereas you have some who can tell the adopted parents that they do not want them at the hospital at all until after she signs away her rights.
Believe it or not, birth moms have a lot of power before signing.
This was so beautiful. I hope both families are happy and living their best lives
What is talked about very little is the fact that once the baby is passed to the adoptive parents the birth mother is rarely given any support. Sadly, it is very traumatic for many birth mother's and they never, ever get over giving their child up. It is thought that most birth mother's are drug addicted poor women and nothing could be further from the truth. Birth mother's need more support. Many would prefer to raise their child themselves but due to lack of support, they feel they can't and many feel backed into a corner of having no choice. I believe that a birth mother should be required to have 10 days with their child after birth before making her final decision...just to make sure she is making the right decision for her and her child. If you have ever seen someone close to you go through this, you would realize how difficult this decision is and that birth mother's should be given more support as they go through this.
I absolutely agree with you.
The agency's and adoptive parents give birth mom's money for three months for rent clothes and food. Adoption is suppose to be good but adoptive parents get more support before a baby and after
You completely forgot the child
God bless you all.
She is a brave young woman and that child will have a great life and she chose his life and that definitely counts for something
What an amazing young lady!
Such a brave, beautiful woman to choose life for her child. I've watched this several times over the years and am reminded anew of God's great plan for everyone involved. I loved how she knew she would never have regrets over choosing life but would always have regrets if she'd not allowed him life. What a gift.
I know it’s been 6 yrs, but I’m just now seeing this and I’m very happy that Dominique was able to find a loving family for her son. I’m so glad that she didn’t choose abortion and instead chose adoption. Adoption is a beautiful thing. While I have never formally adopted children, I have informally adopted lots of children throughout my life and will continue to do so because everybody deserves someone to love them. God loved us first, so I chose to love others as he has loved me.
Lots of respect for birth mother ❤❤❤❤
She is a wonderful mother who wanted to make sure her baby was going have a great life and future with two great people this made me cry happy tears because she was putting his life over her she be a great nom one day abd hope the family share stuff with him about his mom and she canbm be apart of his life
What a beautiful testimony!
I hope they have an open adoption. This little boy and all adopted children deserve to know where they come from.
That's not always the best
Both moms had such beautiful souls
Omg I’m in tears!!!
❤ Praise God In The Most High ❤
Brave dominique ur soo brave and smart. Lucky to u and ur b boy such an adorable couple they deserve d very best thanks to you .🎉❤🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
BEAUTIFUL !!!
Just BLESSINGS ❤🙏
Splendid video
Beautiful
So precious ❤
beautiful! ❤
Omg I cried like a baby the entire time
I really hope they did an open adoption.
I am happy to live in a country where all young mothers can keep Their babies
It's not that she can't. She's chosen what she feels will be better for her child
gracias Señor Dios por que hay gente que recibe a los bebes para amarlos y bendecirlos
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I hope they keep an open adoption... i have been looking for my brother for 56 yrs....
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happy dec sunday
I'm sorry if this is too personal but it sounds like Dominique was maybe considering an abortion? Again I apologize if that's too personal.
Either way I'm thanking God for Dominique's bravery in carrying Everett to term and to love him so much to give him to a loving home.
My wife and I want to get into Foster Care ourselves which means a lot to me since my late father was a foster child himself
She said she was thinking about it. And she decided she couldn't do that
0:35 Termination of rights p1
18:18 termination of rights
How old is she??
I don't think it's right, the mother needs more time to make such a decision, immediately after giving birth it's cruel and unfair, the adoptive parents should have given her more time and said we understand everything, you have the right to change your decision, it's your child and not to think only about yourself and their desire to be parents.
This is so wrong. 48 hours is not enough time to make a PERMANENT decision of lifelong severance. The child experiences profound trauma from infant/mother separation that early. We don’t even allow puppies to be separated from their mother until 6 weeks - which developmentally is like 42 weeks for a human.
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