SOS provides education and information that adoption agencies and other legal professionals may not explain to you. We will provide detailed facts, explaining possible risks, allowing you to make a truly informed choice.
What SOS Does for Families at Risk
INFORMATION
SUPPORT
If you love your baby, but just can’t seem to find a way to overcome the challenges you are facing and feel that relinquishing your baby is your only option, SOS will do everything we can to help. We will listen to you and identify realistic solutions to eliminate those challenges, allowing you to focus on successfully parenting your baby without undue pressure.
ADVOCACY
With Sisters on the Ground in every state, SOS provides experienced one on one support that focuses on the best interest of the family unit that every family member deserves, especially, the unborn baby who will be born wanting and needing only his or her mother.
Real Success Stories
Libby - NY, 2012
“I got pregnant with my third son after being in a relationship for only 3 months. The relationship ended and he walked away knowing that I was pregnant. I was scared and thought I couldn’t take care of another baby as a single mom with two other small children by myself. I called some adoption agencies and they jumped on me like a tiger all over a baby gazelle. I was also in the middle of going back to school to get my degree in social work and struggling to pay my bills as it was. The adoption agency agreed with me and told me somebody who had more money and two parents would be better off raising my child then I would. I was so depressed and I believed them. Before having my son I reached out to SOS and spoke with Lisa and Renee. They told me their stories and it got me thinking. I ended up deciding to keep my son and it was the best decision I’ve ever made! My son needed ME not
somebody else’s money. I have successfully finished my degree in social work and have a full-time job, and we are all very happy and I couldn’t be more thankful for the help that SOS gave me before and after I decided to keep my son!”
Raynee - OK, 2017
“I fell in love with my son’s potential adoptive parents. They were amazing people. We shared the same values and planned on being very close. It was seemingly “everything” I wanted. I was a single mom with 2 other boys. Their father and I have a toxic relationship. I survived 7 days without my son. I got to see him 13 hours in those 7 days. I was miserable every second without him. I couldn’t function. I was being a terrible mother to my older boys who were grieving too. My children’s father spoke up the evening of day 7 saying he wasn’t going to sign the consent. I contacted Saving Our Sisters. They helped me gain the confidence and knowledge of the process to get my son back. I was so afraid to hurt the potential adoptive parents. I knew it was going to devastate them. SOS took the time to help me through the process. We had to contact several different people to revoke my consent.
They even connected us to a local “Sister On The Ground” that provided safe haven and neutral ground for the process of recovering my son. My son’s father went into the room with the prospective adoptive parents and had his voice heard for the first time during the entire process. As soon as my son was placed in my arms he relaxed and smiled. The woman with us said she could see an immediate relief, he missed me too! Then SOS sent us the necessities we needed to parent since he was coming home to a house unprepared! If you are reading this and you are considering adoption, I recommend you contact SOS, they will help you ensure you are not applying a permanent solution to a temporary crisis!”
Becky - IN, 2016
“Thanksgiving will always be a hard holiday for me. On November 24th, 2016 I went into labor two months early with my sweet baby boy. Some of my family and friends didn’t know I was going to choose adoption because I was heartbroken over my situation, scared to be a single mom again. I thought it was going to be best for my son. I was being smothered by the prospective adoptive parents and just wanted to forget everything. I was sad, depressed and my son was in the NICU and I was choosing adoption. I felt pressured and alone even though family and friends were there. What I lived for 12 days after signing the consent was hell for me. I would never want to live that pain again nor have another mother live with that pain. So glad my son is here with me and neither I nor my daughter are forced to live without him. I’ve now joined SOS to advocate for preventing unnecessary adoptions. If you know
anyone considering adoption, have them reach out to SOS so they can be given the truth about adoption that they will not hear from most who facilitate adoptions.”
McKayla - TN, 2015
I was 18 when I found out that I was pregnant. I had so many things to look forward to – prom, graduation and college. I was so shocked when I saw two pink lines on the test. At first everything was good. My family was excited, but then came some major changes. My Dad, whom I was living with, needed to relocate to Texas for his job. I moved in with my grandparents who were struggling. My boyfriend had told his mom who took it really hard and decided to figure out a way to ‘make the problem go away’. She started to talk to him and he tried to talk to me about adoption, but that was not an option for me – I wanted my baby! A few months passed and I had started college and was having some medical issues with my pregnancy and couldn’t work. I was trying to save all the money I could for the baby but it wasn’t enough. I was extremely depressed and wanted the best for my child and started to think that adoption may be best.
I was 7 months pregnant at this point and started Googling. An ad immediately popped up, then testimonials of moms saying it was the best thing they did for their child and then the parent profiles. I contacted the agency and was matched with prospective adoptive parents. I had minimal communication with them and met them once. They were really nice, lived near a beach, had amazing jobs and they could do EVERYTHING for my daughter. After a month of this, I realized I wanted to keep my baby and told my boyfriend. He ignored me and would tell me I wasn’t going to be a good mom and that adoption was best for our child. I spent most nights crying myself to sleep. My family had no idea and I didn’t have the heart to tell them. I felt like I couldn’t back out because the prospective adoptive parents told me about all the things they bought for my baby. Through this whole process I didn’t think about myself, and what my baby really needed which was me. I had a c-section to accommodate their schedules and they had their own room in the hospital. One hour after surgery I signed a paper so they could leave the hospital with my baby while I recovered alone. I begged for days for my baby back and finally I came into contact with SOS. I was given hope and they got my baby back within 2 days. I’m so glad I had SOS there for me because I had no idea what adoption really is about.