Placing a baby for adoption is a life-changing event.
No one understands that better than Vicki, a Chicago-area resident who jokingly refers to herself as a “professional birthmom.”
Nineteen years ago, she placed her son, Kevin, in an open adoption. Afterwards, she worked as an expectant mother counselor, helping women make adoption plans for their unborn children.
Today, she is the case manager at On Your Feet Foundation, an organization that provides support to birthparents to help them get back on their feet. Continue reading