Children At Heart Adoption Services, Inc

After using an agency that was not very supportive of their birth moms, I was so excited to come across Children At Heart when I moved to to Wilmington. Over the past 5 years I have been attending regular support meetings which have been so amazing. They not only work diligently to do what’s best for the birth moms they are working with, but they also help birth moms that didn’t use their agency to find a good support system. Potential birth mothers are given the opportunity to meet with birth moms that have already been through the same experience. That was not an opportunity I was given at the national agency I used, I would have benefited greatly from that. I’m just glad I now get the chance to be there for others through Children At Heart.

I came in contact with Erica and Janice over 5 years ago now and I had an amazing experience from day one with them. They were unbelievably supportive and empathetic to my process. They are such wonderful, warm, and genuinely caring people that I still keep in contact with them even as the years continue to go by. This is a deeply complicated situation to enter into and I am thankful everyday that I chose to work with them. They truly gave me the support I needed to carry on and continue to better my life and feel strong and secure in doing so. Thanks ladies, forever grateful.

Although I never thought I would place a child for adoption I couldn’t think of a better place to work with than Children at Heart! They heard me and helped me every single day. Even after almost 8 years they are always a call away. They truly are my life savers and are truly there for every birthmother. It’s definitely not the easiest decision to make but it does get easier as the years go by. They do everything in their power to make sure 1) it’s what you want to do & 2) you have all the support you need. Thank you for everything you ladies have done for me! I can’t thank y’all enough!!

this Place was my last option being that at the time I had no choice but to give my child up for adoption. They made me feel welcome and they made me feel as if everything was going to be ok. I picked out my family and had everything set up at the time of birth. My issue with them is that my feelings ultimately didn’t look matter. All they cared about was the people who were adopting a baby. When I was in labor and I finally was able to hold my child I just didn’t want to let him go. You have a certain amount of time before the adoption is final. I wanted to reverse the adoption. These evil people didn’t take my feelings into consideration at all. Instead they cut me out and communicated with my mom to do everything in their power to not give me my child. I wasn’t on drugs or anything. I literally just got pregnant and I wasn’t prepared. So I listened to my mother instead of my heart. The adoption is an open one although I don’t bother the family. This place is not in favor of the mothers. If I could do things differently I definitely would have never chosen this place. I haven’t heard from them since I gave birth. Choose another place or really consider keeping your child. Things aren’t easy but I live with this everyday and it’s never gotten better