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    So I Was Thinking About Adoption: Consider Your Choices
    So I Was Thinking About Adoption: Consider Your Choices
    So I Was Thinking About Adoption: Consider Your Choices
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    So I Was Thinking About Adoption: Consider Your Choices

    By Mardie Caldwell

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    There are many reasons women, of all backgrounds and circumstances, think about or choose adoption. Whether you just found out about an unplanned pregnancy or have been considering adoption for some time, you are not alone. Take time to consider your choices so you'll make the best plan for you, your child, and your situation. This book offers a look at what adoption is like today, with compassionate answers and resources to help you learn more. Here you'll learn the choices every woman has in adoption today, honest details about adoption and the process, guidance for talking with people about your plan, free adoption resources, and helpful, supportive information for women of all ages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMardie Caldwell
    Release dateSep 22, 2016
    ISBN9780970573452
    So I Was Thinking About Adoption: Consider Your Choices
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    Mardie Caldwell

    Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. is a Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, an award winning author of 5 adoption books: Adopting Online, Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide, So I Was Thinking About Adoption, The Healthcare Professional's Adoption Guide, and Called to Adoption. Mardie is also the talk show host of Let's Talk Adoption.com with Mardie Caldwell and the founder of Lifetime Adoption in 1986. She travels and speaks nationwide on adoption topics, family topics, infertility and writing. She has been quoted in and consulted for Parenting and Adoption magazines and has appeared on CNN, CBS, ABC, BBC, NBC, and Fox. Featured in Parade Magazine, Caldwell is an adoptive mother living in Northern California.

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