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I have posted this in the adult adoptee and bithparent support and have gotten no responses, maybe I can get some advice here. Please any advice will help, I do not know what exactly to do to help my best friend at this time.
So my best friend found out that she was pregnant this weekend, and needless to say I wish we could all be happy, but her last pregnancy nearly killed her.
She's still very early on and when the words adoption came out of her mouth I didn't know whether to vomit, cry, or jump on a plane to Ohio just to hold her.
I told her to check all of her resources, reminded her that adoption is a permanent decision for a temporary problem and told her that regardless of her decision she is surrounded by people that would steal the moon for her.
She's an emotionally fragile person to begin with, and I'm not sure if she can handle relinquishing a child. I don't know what else to do, other then be there for her, I've already told her that if she needs me to I will jump on a plane and be there for the birth, and if she needs help with anything adoption related (or just help in general) that she shouldn't hesitate to ask.
I'm just so afraid that I may lose a friend, she was in the hospital for 3 months with her daughter, we nearly lost her 3 times, and I know if she survives this pregnancy, that we may lose her if she relinquishes.
Being an adoptee, I don't know the pain of losing a child, but being a mother, I can only imagine and with her being so emotionally fragile, I don't know what else to do but to ask for your guidance. Any advice will help.
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Baby - sorry... Tell her right now she is far too early in pregnancy to even consider adoption as it is a stress on her body she does not need. If she keeps talking about it then we can come up with a list of people to talk to, resources, etc. But right now she needs peace - try to make her understand that things work out but are made worse by worrying. D