Birth Moms Real Talk

 Monica was adopted at the age of 4 months. Her parents who adopted her from a foster home in Alaska saw her resilience grow to become a “strong young lady“ who exhibited her “power“. Monica loved the attention from her mother, she felt the need to be loved. Monica became resilient to overcome challenges and became the “ tomboy” in the family. Monica experienced the infamous Alaska earthquake tha...

Patience experienced as many, a childhood of challenges. Her family was separated in dramatic fashion. At the age of 16, patience learned of a maternity home through her mother’s church affiliation. Her journey to motherhood involved traveling to the home for birth mothers with strangers. Her experience , as she said was in many ways better than her home. Patience felt lost, still in love, and kne...

Denise’s journey started with her own adoption and her first glimpse into trauma. She grew up in the Mennonite community in Pennsylvania . Denise and Yvonne had some common memories to share . Secrets were prevalent in the family. Denise talked about her experience as a Mennonite and the expectations and acceptance from her parents. She spoke about looking for love and her identity. Becoming a mom...

Jeanne talked about her life growing up in Canada happily entertaining herself with her dolls. She talked about her anxiousness through her life facing fear and doubting herself. Secrets and fearing sharing the truth were sometimes overwhelming. Jeanne has broken through her fear to share her story for the first time. DNA and Search Angels played a major role in Jeanne’s journey. As all of us in t...

Yvonne brings everyone up to date on her Sabbatical, Break, or self-care time. Yvonne talks about the roller coaster ride of 7 years in Reunion with her son since 2018. Transitions, Work, new DBT therapy journey, and all-around connection to the Adoption Community. Stay tuned for Birth Moms Real Talk LIVE coming to Washington, DC in 2025. Reunion is NOT easy, and we sometimes are tossed to the gro...

Jenny grew up in a large family with over 80 cousins in Kentucky. Adoption and foster case touched her family through her father. She spoke about 2 grandfathers and 2 grandmothers on her father's side, as the adoption community experiences with adoptive and biological families. As a teenage mother, Jenny was led to believe that open adoption was the BEST decision for her child's life. All Jenny ev...

Abby is a transracial adoptee as a black adoptee adopted in 1971 by white parents. Her family was interested in adopting another Black child but that did not work out. Her family were told by adoption agencies that a Black child would be the“Cheapest and Quickest “. Abby started searching earnestly for her “truth” with her mother’s dementia,diagnosis. Abby is also a Birth/First Mother and psychoth...

Carman and Susan continue their story an adoption plan is made . Carman shared of her unique and sometimes funny journey. Carmen “ Knew” what she wanted for herself and her child. She talked about the “ Fear” from both the birth mother perspective and adoptive mother perspective . Susan talked about being at the birth of Olivia , Carmen’s daughter . Susan has penned her memoir titles “ One Yes at...

Carmen and Susan share their journey of life . In typical adoption stories, the birth/first mom and adoption mom may never have a conversation, yet Carmen and Susan had “ Real Talk” and conversations about “ their daughter. These two mothers grew up in different situations and yet started the journey to “grow and learn from each other “. Carmen was an independent college student providing for hers...

This story and journey continue with Katherine taking center stage , As you heard on Part 1 that Katherine was in the room listening to Janelle share. This itself is unique for a Birth/First Mom to talk openly and honestly about her placing Katherine in adoption in front of her. No secrets here . Listen and learn what revelations came out that maybe both Katherine and Janelle had never heard befor...

We welcome Janelle, Executive Director of BraveLove Inc , a nonprofit that has served the Birth Mom community since 2012 and her birth daughter Katherine who share their story that evolved in many extricate paths to “Growth and Healing” . You will hear the “ Real Talk “ behind the scenes with Janelle and Katherine who were in the same room together for this episode. Listeners will learn the story...

Kathy’s heart and spirit is the driving force of her mission to help to others who have lost loved ones. Kathy shares of her own loss and tells how she found freedom.

Ruby Lee grew up in a middle-class family in the Midwest. As a teenager, Ruby Lee started a bi-racial relationship with her boyfriend. Ruby knew that was unacceptable by the racist language used by her father in the home. She lost friends who didn’t support this relationship. The support she expected from the birth father upon learning of her pregnancy was not there. Ruby Lee kept believing, of co...

Sharon came from a large family and was a steady support for her siblings. She was an honor society student. Sharon had a great adventure of participating in training in Washington, DC. after high school. Sharon realized her naivete when she became pregnant. Sharon shares her journey of becoming pregnant and making an adoption plan on her own … and then sharing it with her family. “ It was Ne...

Rebekkah’s childhood was a lifestyle of many twists and turns, She experienced adoption first hand when she was adopted by her step- father. She talked about how it felt to receive her second birth certificate, it was even a different color. In college, Rebekkah developed her independent spirit. Her move to Atlanta gave her the direction to find her true passion.  Upon learning of her pr...

As soon as Laura announced to her parents that she was pregnant, she was driven on a late-night ride to a military base where her father confronted the birth father. Laura’s childhood convinced her that her knight will come for her on a white horse to rescue her. Laura held onto this ray of hope believing that her family will support her. In her mind, she said, of course, they will, they are her f...

Vicky is a birth mom who experienced a challenging childhood like many others. Vicky found out through her journey that “Love Has No Color”. Vicky talks dialogues that are prevalent in our society today.

Nicole at an early age did not have a stable home. At the age of 10, her extended family became her support. Nicole worked through her anger as a “mean girl’ as she called herself. He life became a love-hate relationships with her mother. After high school, Nicole found her ‘voice” to overcome a chaotic life as she became a birth mother to her son at the age of 19. Nicole at an early age did...

Autunm shares her unique experience of becoming a ‘Birth Mom’. I witness people when they hear her story that their mouths open wide, and their eyes become large. Listen to Autunm share her experiences as a Birth Mom of “Leaving the hospital with Empty Arms” as other Moms and the path of growth and healing that she is on today. Autunm shares about her open adoption with many blessings and lessons...

We talk to Madison about being Pregnant at 19 and wondering on whether she is truly a MOM. Follow Madison as she shares about her journey with family and how kinship became the logical answer to Madison. Birth Moms sometimes think that “ We are “Bad Girls” because of the “shame” placed on us or accepted by us. In the end, Madison finds her “Voice” to Say “ Yes.

Rosalie is a mom who experienced many life changes after becoming a birth mom. She experienced the “shame” of exile in her home as well as her ‘voice’ of a mom along with her daughter, Emily. Rosalie shares what helped her for many years before her reunion and speaks about “Hope and Expectation” and Forgiveness of helping her to heal.

Rose shares her story for the first time with “Birth Moms Real Talk” podcast with the encouragement from an unique situation. Rose talks about wanting to talk about her child but feeling very fearful that she will be heard. She says it was like “Who will talk to the Elephant in the Room”?

Marcie expresses her miraculous find in the closet in a shoebox. Hear about her premise and story in her book, “ The Shoebox Effect “. We learn about how Marcie “buried” memories from years before as many birth mothers. Her beloved pet leads her to explore and uncover all the secrets and pain in her life.

Lori spoke about her experience of becoming a mother as lonely and afraid. Lori talked about her uniqueness of being Jewish and the perspective of the guilt and shame placed on her. Lori experienced many traumas in her life that brought many challenges of “coping in life “. She spoke about the “voices” in her ear that determined her own voice of asking herself “ if she was wort...

Angie talked about her “less than perfect” childhood which caused her to experience shame, unworthiness in her life. Angie is now working in her “purpose” in helping other birthmothers like herself. She talked about how “Important it is to be “Heard” as a Birthmother and be shown compassion and care. We sometimes see familiar family dysfunctions repeat themselves. Let’s NOT Repeat History but...