What Happens If My Birth Parent Match Fails?

Merle Gutterman Adoption, Adoption Placement

One of the most difficult things to think about for prospective adoptive parents is the thought of having a match with a birth parent only to not have it proceed to fruition. My research and experience over the years leads me to analogize this feeling to miscarriage, still birth, and even the death of a child. I don’t believe that …

Adoption in the Time of Uncertainty

Merle Gutterman Adoption, Adoption Placement

No one likes uncertainty and this is quite an uncertain time. Life as we know it has stopped while our brave, selfless nurses, doctors, military, grocery workers, pharmacists, and all who are essential workers tend to our gravely ill and provide us with the necessities of life. For most of us, our worlds have been shaken to the core like …

Placing Your Child for Adoption

Merle Gutterman Adoption Placement

My name is Lauren. Several years ago, I found myself pregnant and without support. I was in school and not involved with the father of the child. My family was going through their own difficulties and …