VICTOR GROZA

Birthparents: Issues of grief, loss and support

Adoption Triad Outreach
http://www.adoptiontriad.org/bparent.htm
This site encourages birth parents to gain information on the impact adoption has on birth parents and ways to find support. It includes personal stories, information on support groups, suggestions for searching, articles and poems.

Adoption Counsel
http://adoptioncounsel.webjump.com
Offers birthparents information on resources that will help them deal with post-adoption grief. It includes the Adoption Counsel's information on workbooks, workshops, counseling, and consultations for birth parents who are seeking help.

BirthMother.com
http://www.birthmother.com
Free on-line support group for parents contimplating adoption or for those who have placed a child for adoption. Offers suggestions on a variety of ways to help with the issues that birthparents encounter. Includes 17 bulletin boards where members can post messages, ask questions, and share information with other birth parents.

Adoption Works, Etc
http://www.geocites.com/Heartland/lake5407
Adoption Works, Etc...provides an opportunity for bithmothers to help other birthmothers. Includes poetry and journal entries from women who are speaking from experience. Includes several links to other sites that offer support to birthparents, as well as a search registry, and an adoption related Book of the Month.

Sunflower Birthmom Support Page
http://www.bmom.net/
The Sunflower Birthmom Support Page was created by a birthmother who not only wanted to share her story, but wanted to help other birthmothers. Her story of reunion and rejection motivated her to help other birthmoms who have had similar experiences. Includes on-line registry to sign up for a support group for birthmoms only.

EZBoard
http://pub4.ezboard.com
Voices of Adoption offers an extensive list of areas to discuss every aspect of adoption. Includes places for birth parents and adoptive parents to share information and offer support to one another. It also includes information on international and special needs adoptions.

Adopt ASAP's Birth Parent Support Group
http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgl/mb671911
Adopt ASAP's Birth Parent Support Group is strictly for birthparents who would like to share their thoughts and feelings on adoption issues. Includes message boards for birthparents to ask questions and post information. Those looking to adopt are asked not to participate in these message boards.