This interview is part of a short series of interviews and testimonies about adoption. (Last week we blogged Margaret’s Mothers’ Day Testimony of placing a child for adoption.)

A few months ago Carolina Hope’s director (Laura Godwin) interviewed Sarah, a young woman who placed her infant daughter for adoption during her senior year of college.

In this interview, Sarah talks about openness in adoption from the birthmother’s perspective. Parts 1 & 2 are presented today, and the rest of the interview will be posted throughout the week.

Part 1: “Everybody’s nervous”

In this first part, Sarah discusses how she met the couple that would adopt her child and how much contact she had with them leading up to the birth. (A little more than 5 minutes long.)

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Part 2: “Jim and Mary were committed to each other”

Sarah is asked what sort of questions she had for the prospective adoptive couple (Jim and Mary) in her first meeting with them, and she talks about the qualities that were important to her. (One-and-a-half minutes.)

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[Update: We have now posted Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of Sarah's interview.]

The material on this page was first published on Carolina Hope’s Domestic Website in the Women’s Adoption Stories section.