Sigh..sigh...sigh...Thanks a lot, Mom=/

Purrrfect433

My mom is a mobile notary and she called to tell me about the saddest job today. I can't stop thinking about it! It was for a young mother, who had a 2 year old, a one year old and a newborn. She had given the newborn up for adoption, but changed her mind a week later. The baby is around 8 weeks old and she and her husband/bf/whateves decided to give the baby back to the adoptive parents. My mom went to do the signing and the mom was just a heart-broken, sobbing, shell of a person. Legally, my mom had to make certain that the woman was making the choice(and therefor, signing the legal document) by her own accord and the woman told her, "yes. I'm 100% certain that it's what's best for him. It's just the hardest thing I ever have had to do".

I'm sure giving a baby up for adoption must be really hard to do. But, I can't help but wonder if it's even harder when you already know what it's like to be a mother; to already have children you love with every fiber of your being and just know you're not able to care for it? That poor woman

lsufan

How sad. ?I cannot imagine how hard that would be-- especially after having bonded with the baby for 8 weeks. ?It reminds me of one story from that HBO special-- China's Stolen Children or something like that. ? It was a couple that were legally too young to be married or have children, so they could never have obtained a birth certificate for their daughter and they would have been fined heavily. ?They kept her for 3 months, then "adopted" her out through an illegal adoption. ?The people they interviewed who were basically buying babies illegally did not seem like the best parents. ?It was so depressing.

cristiana

So sad, for everyone involved. I can't even imagine.