6 Ways to Communicate with Expectant Parents Before an Adoption Placement

If you’ve exchanged phone numbers, sending a text message could be an easy way to keep in touch with expectant parents. This type of communication may be especially convenient the closer you get to the expected due date or even while you’re traveling for birth.

What better way to get to know the expectant parents than by planning a visit (or two!) in person? You may consider taking them out for dinner, or even treating the expectant mom to something fun like a pedicure.

Some plans for open adoptions lend themselves to creating private social media accounts to stay in touch. Creating a new account (or using your existing account if you’re comfortable) can be a great way to share updates, photos and plans for the future.

Talking on the phone sometimes seems like a distant pastime, but it can still be a great way to communicate with expectant parents. If your relationship is new or developing with the expectant parents, consider inviting their social worker or an adoption worker to join the call and steer the conversation.

If you’d like to keep your privacy, setting up a new phone number via a Google Voice account may be a good alternative to giving out your personal phone number. Depending on the type of account you set up, you’d be able to communicate with expectant parents privately through phone calls, voicemails and text messages with your Google Voice account.