Adoption Agency Ratings

I too am a birth mother who used Lifeline. I told the social worker I was assigned to that I was just exploring my options and not saying I was going to do this for sure. Once I found out some about adoption, I told her that I was going to parent. She insisted on still meeting with me and discussing adoption and other options. She made me feel as though I was totally incapable of raising my daughter. She gave me reasons as to why I would be a bad mother, and for some reason, I believed her. So I decided to go forth with adoption. One of my stipulations was that it would be an open adoption. Not happening. I was paid off with a $20 gift card and flowers. I found out after it was too late that there were other options that I had if I had chosen to parent-as I was told there were none. Lifeline conducts themselves unethically. They don't care about the birth mothers. Since having my daughter, my social worker has only contacted me bc I sent emails to her. She never reached out to see how I was doing or tried to counsel me while pregnant about the psychological damage I would have afterwards.

We adopted internationally through Lifeline. The employees are very nice and care about the children. My complaint is, Lifeline has some extra restrictions that aren't normally required. It is difficult enough to adopt without adding more requirements. Also, we had to make a lot of the travel arrangements on our own which was difficult at such an emotional time. We plan to use another agency for our next adoption.

Lifeline walked us through a long adoption journey. We were so grateful for their encouragement, support, honesty and integrity! We highly recommend them!