When 19-year-old Kaleena Pysher found herself unexpectedly pregnant last year, she knew what she had to do: place her baby for adoption.
The Anchorage, Alaska teenager had seen firsthand the challenges of being a teen mother. Her sister had given birth at age 14.
Kaleena decided that open adoption was the best choice for her baby and eventually chose a couple to adopt her.
But it was what Kaleena did next that makes her story so remarkable: Ever since November she has pumped breast milk for her baby and given it to the adoptive family.
She says she’s doing it for same reason she chose open adoption.
“I want her to have the best,” she told the Alaska Dispatch News. Continue reading