female adoptee 3/1/67 seattle general

I am struggling to find the right words at this moment but I gave birth to a baby girl that I was not allowed to see on March 1, 1967 at Seattle General Hospital in Seattle and do believe I am your birth mother. A nurse accidently told me that she was a beautiful baby girl. It was a private adoption and I don't have any documents to prove the birth. I had contacted Dr. Sloan (he was our family Doctor and a friend of my Dad) a few years later to try to find out if all was well and received no reply and was told in the beginning that the birth certificate would show the adoptive parents as the birth parents (not sure if that was true). Every March 1st has been hard for me and I have lived my life with the secret and terrible guilt. A few years ago I did finally tell my adult children and they were very loving and accepting. This morning I called my daughter to tell her and she was so excited and hopeful. I hope this will reach you as I see that you last logged in back in 2006. It was quite by accident that I found your posting as the State of Washington is changing the adoption laws and I was looking up information on Seattle General Hospital and possible links to the birth certificate records. My lifelong hopes were that you have had a wonderful life and would someday forgive me for giving you up. It was a decision that was the best at the time and I was assured that you would be with a loving family. If you feel you still want to contact me, please do. I know it has been hard for you all these years to not know anything about me. (I am healthy and the medical history in my family included my Dad and paternal grandmother with diabetes and heart disease but otherwise no cancers that I know of or other major disease. My mother lived to nearly 91 without any major illness. She was also adopted and I don't know her medical history). I'm not sure how this site works but assume they will forward this to you and I am hoping to hear back from you. Helen

Hello Rachel. I found your post online while looking up the new Washington State laws for adoptees. I gave birth to a daughter at Seattle General on 3/1/67 and do believe I am your birth mother. Dr. Sloan was my doctor and familiy friend. It was a private adoption and I had tried a few years later to try to find out if all was well but received no response. I've been looking online today to see if I could find info to no avail. I am hoping this will reach you and that we can connect at some point soon. (I previously posted more info but think it was deleted so will hope to be able to tell you more later.)