Birth mother, birth parent, first mother, biological mother… each woman prefers a certain terminology when speaking about their adoption journey.
Regardless of it all….you, the woman who gave birth, you’re a mother. I was never fond of being called a birth mother — but I was so saddened by the entire experience and feeling like I didn’t have a voice, so just stuck with birthmother.
It’s as if I felt guilty taking the title mother… but felt disrespected like I was some baby-making machine. There are not enough stories about birth mothers.
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