Planning An Adoption For Your Baby?

We Can Work With You Anywhere In The United States - You Have Choices  

If you are pregnant and just not sure what choices you should make, Journeys of the Heart will help you look at all your options. Our staff will assist you without pressure or judgment. Only you know what's right for you and your baby. You don't need to come to our offices to talk about your choices unless you want to. We'll meet you anywhere in the community that feels comfortable to you. It might be your home, a restaurant or other familiar place. You decide.  We'll  meet with you as many times as you wish to help you with your decision. If you don't choose adoption we will help you find community resources that can assist you with your decision. We care about you and your baby. If you choose adoption we will assist you to be in control regarding what happens now and in the future for you and your baby.

We have offices in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Illinois, and we are able to work with expectant parents and adopting parents from all across the United States and other countries, as well. 

You can email us right now, and we will answer your email as quickly as possible.  Click here to start your email  or email info@journeysoftheheart.net   Or, call our toll free phone number now and a friendly voice will answer at the other end, ready to talk with you.  Call 1-800-876-0575 any time, night or day, any day of the week.

Carefully chosen, well qualified families are waiting to adopt a child.  Please click here to see their pictures and read their letters to you.

Meet our professional staff!

Hi, I am Kimberly Sprecher, Domestic Program Coordinator at the Journeys' home office.  Let me tell you how we can help you.

If you choose adoption, Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services can:

1. Help you look at the type of adoption you want for your baby. This ranges from very open, where you may have visits with the child, to closed, where there is no contact. There are many possibilities in between. YOU DECIDE what fits your situation.
2. Give you a selection of families to choose from so you can make the right choice for you and your baby. Have you wondered, before, if there is an adoptive family for your baby?  The families have all exceeded our standards in terms of having the financial, emotional and physical ability to do an excellent job of raising your child. If you have chosen an open adoption, you'll probably want to start developing a relationship with the adopting parents.
3. If you have financial needs, we'll give you financial assistance for living and medical expenses relating to your pregnancy. We don't want you to worry about paying for things you need during this time.
4. Assign you a kind and understanding staff member who will become like a good friend. She is the person who makes sure you'll have what you need.
5. Help you to anticipate and deal with the emotions you may feel before and after the birth of your child.
6. Provide counseling -- you decide if you want or need it. We will provide it prior to the birth and after for as long as you want it.

Why Choose Adoption?

1. You will be giving your baby a gift - the gift of Life which is the greatest gift one can give. You are the only person who can do this.
2. If you wish, you will be able to stay in touch with your child and the adoptive parents which will reassure you that your child is happy and will cared for. If you choose to have contact with your child, the visits with the child and the adopting parents will allow for a continuous relationship where your child is assured of your love.
3. You will be giving your child great opportunities (such as financial stability, a two-parent family, a college education) that you may be unable to provide.
4. You will be giving yourself the opportunity to realize your full self potential. You will be able to continue on with your life and work on your dreams.
5. You help fulfill the dreams of a couple that is unable to conceive a child. You will give them the gift of their lifetime, the chance to adopt a baby.

I am here for you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Call me at 1-800-876-0575 or email me, Kimberly@journeysoftheheart.net

With Love!

Kimberly

Kimberly Sprecher
Domestic Program Coordinator

Hi, my name is Ann Du Waldt. 

I am the Domestic Adoption Coordinator for the Journeys of the Heart Chicago area office. 

I can only imagine what is going through your head as your mind swirls through the choices you will have to make in the upcoming months.  I want you to know that you do not have to go through it alone.  If you choose, I can be there to help you to look at your alternatives.

If adoption is the choice you make, I will be the neutral and reliable support throughout the entire journey.  I will provide you with emotional support: help you to find counseling, if you want, and adequate health care.  I will guide you through the legal policies in Illinois and can (if you choose) be there for the birth of your baby, and be an advocate for you, working to help labor and delivery proceed as you would like.

When the time comes to choose a family for your baby, you will go through portfolios that prospective adoptive parents have put together for you to get to know them.  These families have been completely screened by Journeys of the Heart – everything from criminal and medical records to their actual home.  You can look through all of this information and pictures of their lives.  We will set up a meeting with the couple if that’s what you want.

By deciding to work with me there is no pressure on you at all.  You cannot sign legal adoption documents until after your baby is born.

Please come to me to help you with the tough decisions that lie ahead.  Adoption may be the right choice for you.  It is perhaps the hardest, but most unselfish and loving act that an expecting parent in your situation can make.  To completely love your child is to do what is best for them.  Let’s make that a possibility.

You can call me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I can be reached by calling 1-800-876-0575.  As soon as you call, we will meet and discuss what you think is best for you and your baby.

Call me at 1-800-876-0575 or email me ann@journeysoftheheart.net  I am here for you 24 hours a day, every day.

Ann Du Waldt
Domestic Program Coordinator

Hi!  My name is Kristi and I am Journeys’ Domestic Adoption Coordinator in the Seattle office. 

I counsel birth parents and facilitate adoptive placements in Washington.

As I have worked with birth parents for the past nine years, I have seen how isolating and difficult it can be to make a decision about a pregnancy alone.   It can be a huge relief to talk to someone who truly cares and who can remain neutral in the decision-making process.  If you would like to talk about your options, you are welcome to call me anytime and I will be happy to meet with you wherever you are most comfortable.  It will always be my hope to provide a safe space for you to reflect on your options as you decide what is best for you and for your child. 

If you decide that you want to create an adoption plan for your baby, I will be here to support you throughout the rest of your pregnancy and after placement.  If you need help locating services such as medical or counseling services, I will do my best to find good resources for you, and will accompany you to any appointments you’d like.  When you are ready to find out about prospective adoptive families, I will facilitate your first meetings or conversations with them, and support you in choosing the best family for your baby.  Together, we will create a plan for your hospital experience that allows you to spend as much or as little time with your baby and with the adoptive family as you want.  After placement, you can be in contact with me for as long as it is helpful to you – you will always be welcome to touch base whenever you feel you could use extra support!  Though placing a baby with another family is probably the most difficult thing you may ever do, I often say that I could never do this work if I did not see the beautiful, lifelong connections that happen between birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children.  I see this help birth parents to mend even as they grieve. 

At Journeys of the Heart, it is very important to us that birth parents and adopted children remain connected in healthy ways, whether it be in person, by letters and pictures, or by the adoptive parents simply sharing positive information about their child’s birth parents and adoption story throughout his or her life.  We do our best to honor the unique needs of each adoptive and birth family as we create communication plans for the future.

If you want to talk with me right away, I am available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-876-0575, or you can email me at Kristi@journeysoftheheart.net.  You deserve support and respect as you make this difficult decision about what is best for your baby, and I look forward to talking with you.

Love,

Kristi

Kristi Leksen Galvin

Domestic Program Coordinator

Click here to read letters from Birth Mothers that have chosen Journeys of the Heart.

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Journeys of the Heart is a full service, non-profit adoption agency, certified by the COA, fully Hague Compliant. We provide adoption and relief services from our offices are in Portland (Oregon), Seattle (Washington), and Chicagoland (Illinois). We can work with people from any state in the United States. If you are looking for an adoption agency then please look into our philosophy and our dedication. If domestic adoption, international adoption, or open adoption is in your future then let your journey begin here. Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services is a non-profit organization, described as a 501 (c) (3) organization, by the Internal Revenue Service, EIN 94-3184018. If you wish to make a donation to Journeys and require a copy of our letter of determination from the IRS please email website@journeysoftheheart.net