Birth Parent Resources

  1. Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin
    A guide to the open adoption process including actual letters between adoptive parents, birth parents, and children.
  2. Restorative Grief: A Guide to Healing from Adoption by Cynthia Christensen
    A Coloradan birth mother herself, Christensen shares how her faith in God led to healing and acceptance of the decision to place her first child.
  3. https://www.cubirthparents.org/blogs.php 
    A list of blogs for birth mothers for support and informational purposes.
  4. The Third Choice: A Woman’s Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption, Second Edition, by Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi
    A comprehensive guide about adoption for birth parents.
  5. I Chose This Day: Mournings and Miracles of Adoption by Sharon Fieker
    A true and personal account of the author meeting her grown-up biological daughter.

If you are pregnant and need help, please call: (303) 516-9827