When you choose adoption, you’re in charge of every decision. One of those decisions includes whether or not you want a connection with the adoptive family in the months and years after placement. If that connection is something you want, or might want, open adoption in South Dakota is the answer for you.

There are many benefits of open adoption for birth parents, the child and the adoptive family, and at the forefront of those benefits is a lifelong relationship with everyone involved.

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You’ll learn about the types of open adoption and the open adoption stories that show you how this lifelong journey doesn’t end at the hospital. 

What Is Open Adoption?

In the past, traditional adoptions were completely anonymous or closed with no identifying or contact information exchanged.

Open adoption has become the modern-day approach, with 95% of adoptions open to some extent. Open adoption allows you to keep in touch and even be actively involved with your child’s life and the adoptive family as time goes on.

What Does Open Adoption Mean for Me?

With the definition of open adoption out there, what it means for you is an opportunity to build a lifelong bond.

One of the key tenets of open adoption for birth mothers in South Dakota is choosing the level of communication in an open adoption that works best for them.

This communication is whatever works best for everyone involved but can include:

• Photos
• Letters
• Mail
• Email
• Text
• Phone calls
• Video chats

“Every picture brightens my day. There are two things I check every day, the blog and my Facebook,” said Randi, a birth mother who chose open adoption. “When I see a random picture that she [Katheryn] puts on there, it just makes me feel like she’s not forgetting about me, and keeping up with what she said she was going to do.”

No two adoptions look exactly alike so your open adoption communication could consist of periodic phone calls and photos while another may consist of emails and video chats.

When you work with an adoption professional like an agency, not only can they help you find the perfect adoptive family, they can help you find a family that shares your preferences of having an open adoption and having your child to grow up with two loving families.

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Open vs. Closed Adoption

Adoption is a brave, selfless decision that puts the best interests of your baby first.

Even if it’s what’s best for your situation, that doesn’t mean it can’t be difficult. That’s why some birth mothers choose closed adoption because of the closure it offers.

But open adoption offers more benefits than the ability to create a lifelong relationship. It also means:

• Your child understanding their background and history
• Receiving pictures and letters to watch your child grow
• Providing potentially life-saving medical history information in emergencies

You might not know if that open level of communication is something you’re ready for, but if you think you might be at any point in the future, even a semi-open adoption allows you to have that relationship with your child and the adoptive family down the road if you so choose.

Semi-open adoption offers a middle ground between the privacy of a closed adoption and the transparency of an open one, offering an arrangement for all parties involved.

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Open adoption allows you to maintain a lifelong connection with your child and the adoptive family.

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